Costa Rica’s Ombudsman’s Office has given immigration authorities 24 hours to disclose where the first group of migrants deported from the United States is being housed, adding fresh pressure to a new bilateral arrangement that is already drawing scrutiny just days after it began. The group of 25 arrived on Saturday under a March agreement …
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Camera traps have photographed a young male jaguar high in the Sierra del Merendón mountain range in northern Honduras. The images, captured on February 6, show the animal at an elevation of about 2,200 meters in high-altitude cloud forest. It marks the first confirmed detection of a jaguar in the range in 10 years. The …
Costa Rica enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in Latin America and is frequently cited as the only country in Central America that has effectively eradicated mass illiteracy. According to World Bank data, approximately 97 to 98 percent of adults over 15 can read and write, a figure that reflects decades of constitutionally mandated …
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Costa Rica’s U-20 women’s national team returns to the field this afternoon for the first of two friendlies against Canada, using the matches as part of its buildup to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland later this year. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. local time at the FCRF-Plycem Sports Complex. The …
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For tens of thousands of commuters who depend on the train between San José and Cartago, this Monday brought welcome news. The Costa Rican Railway Institute, or Incofer, announced the resumption of train service on the San José–Cartago route and the Pacífico–Atlántico connection as of April 13, following the completion of major works on railway …
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Panama and Costa Rica consolidated a strategic alliance April 11 to strengthen security along their shared border and jointly confront transnational organized crime. The high-level bilateral meeting took place in the border area of Paso Canoas in Panama’s Chiriquí province, according to Panama’s Ministry of Public Security. The ministers of public security from both countries …
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Those heading to Costa Rica this week should expect a familiar April split. The week of April 13 to 19 is starting with strong trade winds in the Central Valley, Guanacaste and the mountains, while the Caribbean side and the Northern Zone stay cloudier with a better chance of rain, especially early and late in …
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Costa Ricans spent a record $2.127 billion on trips abroad in 2025, the first-time outbound travel spending has crossed the $2 billion mark. The figure, published by the Central Bank of Costa Rica at the end of March, covers travel abroad led mainly by tourism, though it also includes business trips. The spending record came …
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Cocos Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 550 kilometers southwest of Costa Rica’s mainland, a place so remote and so shrouded in legend that it has drawn obsessed treasure hunters, adventurers, and dreamers for nearly two centuries. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world’s premier shark diving …
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Costa Rica’s exchange rate kept dropping this week as the colón gained more ground against the U.S. dollar, adding to a trend that has been building for months. The Central Bank’s reference rates for Sunday, stood at ₡458.94 for purchase and ₡465.15 for sale, while the weighted average in the MONEX wholesale market closed Friday, …
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