Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to retaliation for the transfer of gang leaders to a maximum-security prison. On July 30, the government relocated 10 imprisoned leaders of the violent Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs to the …
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The Minister of Education ordered the dismissal of the director and deputy director of a public institute shown in a video shared by President Bukele. On Monday, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele defended the new discipline rules in the education system, saying they aim to prevent schools from becoming “gang recruitment centers.” Since August 20, …
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who served as Costa Rica’s president from 1998 to 2002, returned to court on today, to face charges in the so-called “Reinsurance Case” involving allegations of corruption linked to contracts signed by the National Insurance Institute (INS) in 2001. The case centers on alleged payments totaling approximately $2.1 million made by UK-based …
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Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica’s main gateway managed by AERIS, has earned the prestigious Level 5 Customer Experience certification from Airports Council International (ACI), placing it among the world’s best airports for passenger satisfaction. This certification makes AIJS the second airport in Latin America and the Caribbean, and only the fifth …
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For the past 15 months I have been the primary caretaker of a bona fide street dog, a barrio zaguate called Dorothy. My wife adopted and named her after she turned up in a box in the driveway of my brother and sister-in-law. I was away when she was brought to the house, but over …
Costa Rican police pulled off a big win against drug traffickers this Sunday, seizing over a ton of cocaine hidden in a tourism minibus and arresting two men in the Osa region. The operation unfolded in the Piedras Blancas area near Palmar Norte, where officers from the Public Force intercepted the vehicle after it ignored …
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Today we meet the white-lipped peccary, a large animal that travels in large groups that has disappeared from a large part of its historical range. The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is most frequently known as the chancho de monte in Tico Spanish which translates to wild pig in English. I know one guy who exclusively …
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Costa Rica will now be able to measure the impact of tourism in its national parks, thanks to innovative environmental technology from The NeverRest Project. The country aims to preserve ecological balance and reinforce its leadership in sustainable tourism. This is possible due to an agreement between the Costa Rican National Parks Foundation (FPN) and …
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A Salvadoran man at the center of a heated US immigration battle could end up in Costa Rica if he accepts a guilty plea, according to court documents filed by his lawyers. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who US officials wrongly sent to a harsh prison in El Salvador earlier this year, now faces deportation to Uganda …
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Gang members rioted this Friday in two prisons in Guatemala and took several guards and civilian employees hostage, a week after uprisings in which a guard was killed, the government reported. Last Saturday, police regained control of several prisons in the country after gang members had been rioting for several days, causing the death of …
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