Costa Rica to stop issuing transit visas for Cuban migrants
Costa Rica's government said it would stop issuing transit visas to Cubans after failing to reach an agreement with its neighbors to allow these migrants to continue on through Central…
Pope Francis calls for Costa Rica and Nicaragua to seek harmony
Pope Francis called for harmony between Costa Rica and its northern neighbor, Nicaragua on Sunday while addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered beneath the window of the Papal apartments in the…
Costa Rica’s child welfare agency to purchase Christmas gifts for Cuban migrant children
Costa Rica’s child welfare agency, known as PANI will deliver Christmas gifts to Cuban migrant children who have been stranded along with their parents in the country since November 15th.…
Inauguration of expanded Panama Canal to be delayed, administrator says
The inauguration of an expanded Panama Canal, previously scheduled for April, will be postponed due to cracks detected in the new set of locks that are the centerpiece of the…
Two Sunday earthquakes shook Costa Rica’s Central Pacific
Two earthquakes, the largest of which measured 5.0 magnitude, shook Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast Sunday evening.…
WTO in groundbreaking accord to eliminate agricultural subsidies
The World Trade Organization, or WTO, reached a groundbreaking accord Saturday which obliges developed countries to eliminate subsidies for their agricultural exports as requested by the least developed nations to…
Vultures with GoPros are helping clean up Peru
Sometimes the most genius ideas are the simplest. That seems to be the rule in Peru, where they’ve hit upon the perfect way to track down a burgeoning number of…
BCIE approves US $287 million in financing for Costa Rica infrastructure projects
A meeting between Costa Rica president, Luis Guillermo Solis and representatives of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) Thursday afternoon concluded with the approval of US $287 million…
