President Rodrigo Chaves brushed off concerns about Costa Rica’s surging violence during his Wednesday press conference, insisting the security situation “is not as serious” as critics claim. He blamed judges and lawmakers for the problems, even as his administration oversees the highest homicide rates on record. Chaves acknowledged the killings are excessive for the country …

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Anglers on a fishing trip off Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast caught a nurse shark unlike any seen before: bright orange skin and stark white eyes. This adult shark, about two meters long, marks the first recorded case of xanthism in its species, Ginglymostoma cirratum, and in these waters. The find happened last August near Tortuguero …

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Authorities in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, are using drones to scatter seeds from the air in an effort to reforest hundreds of hectares of burned forest. Michoacán, slightly larger than Costa Rica, is one of the regions with the highest number of forest fires in the country, along with the capital and …

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The US has signed a new deportation agreement with Honduras, allowing officials to send migrants from other countries there instead of keeping them in the US. This pact fits into President Donald Trump’s push to handle migration by sharing the load with other nations. It builds on earlier talks and aims to move people who …

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Route 32, which connects San José with Limón, was reopened this morning after being closed for nearly 12 hours as a preventive measure due to heavy rains that saturated the soil in the Zurquí sector. The Traffic Police lifted the barriers shortly after 6:00 a.m. at the toll booth, after officials from the Ministry of …

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The Panama Canal will take in about $400 million less in the next fiscal year due to a drop in ship traffic caused by global economic “uncertainty,” the canal authority warned Tuesday. For the upcoming fiscal year beginning October 1, the canal is expected to generate $5.207 billion from ship transits and other services, announced …

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Simón Bolívar Park, in San José, will be the first space in the country to become an Urban Natural Park. The project, led by the Friends of Nature Association of the Central and Southern Pacific, aims to be ready by the end of 2026. The former zoo closed its doors to become a space filled …

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Air Canada flight attendants ended their strike Tuesday after reaching a tentative agreement with the airline, paving the way for flights to resume gradually. The move comes after a chaotic few days that left thousands stranded, including many bound for Costa Rica, where routes to San José and Liberia faced repeated cancellations. The labor action …

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El Salvador’s public schools will start enforcing daily inspections for students’ uniforms and haircuts from August 20, as ordered by the new education minister, Karla Trigueros. The military captain, appointed last week by President Nayib Bukele, aims to boost discipline in the nation’s over 5,100 public schools. Trigueros, a 35-year-old doctor and army officer from …

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Panama’s President, José Raúl Mulino, will meet in Brazil with U.S. banana company Chiquita Brands in search of an agreement for the company to resume operations in the country, after shutting down and laying off its entire workforce due to a strike, a minister reported on Monday. Chiquita, which employed more than 6,000 people in …

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