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Today we meet the long-tailed weasel, a high-energy predator that may be dancing for two very different reasons.The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is known as the comadreja de cola larga or more simply the comadreja in Spanish. They are one of the seven members of the weasel family to call […]

In a shelter in the jungle province of Darién, guarded by Panamanian officers, around a hundred Asian migrants wait to be found a country to go to, after being deported from the United States by Donald Trump’s government. Green fields where cattle graze surround the San Vicente refuge, located about […]

Costa Rica recently became the latest destination for a group of 135 deported migrants—including 65 minors—from the United States. The flight, which departed from San Diego, California, arrived at a base adjacent to Juan Santamaría International Airport on Thursday, according to the Costa Rican government. Once on the ground, the […]

Pope Francis, 88, remains in “critical condition” and his “prognosis is currently reserved,” the Vatican reported Saturday night, at the beginning of the second week of the Argentine pontiff’s hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. “The Holy Father’s condition remains critical and […] the pope is not out of danger. This morning, […]

A boat carrying 19 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia, along with two Indigenous Panamanian crew members, capsized in Caribbean waters off Panama on Friday night, authorities confirmed. The tragic accident, blamed on heavy swells and adverse weather conditions, claimed the life of an 8‑year‑old Venezuelan boy, according to Panama’s Senafront […]

Costa Rica received a group of 135 migrants, who were transferred to the Center for Temporary Attention of Migrants (CATEM) at the Southern Border after midnight on February 22.The migrants, most of whom will eventually be returned to their countries of origin, arrived in Costa Rica as part of a […]

Keylor Navas has shown his desire to come back to the Costa Rican national football team. In a conversation with La Nación, the experienced goalkeeper confessed he is considering a return, despite previously announcing his retirement. “Everyone knows that the national team is indeed the national team,” Navas stated. “I […]

With migrants locked in a hotel where they plead for “help” from windows or in shelters in precarious border zones, Central America, from where thousands flee poverty and violence towards the United States each year, now serves as a “bridge” for Donald Trump’s deportations. The process is carried out, according […]

Guanacaste International Airport (also known as Liberia International Airport), a member of the VINCI Airports network, announced increased operations from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), both routes operated by American Airlines. Beginning March 6, the route from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will increase the […]

The U.S. visas of Congresswomen Johana Obando and Cynthia Córdoba of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) were revoked.  Both legislators received an email from the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica notifying them that their visas had been revoked. They reacted to the decision and shared their perspectives on the matter. […]