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Costa Rica researchers discover potential for human antibiotic applications in sloth fur
The mammal’s abundant hair houses a world of living beings that balance each other out, opening up potential responses to pathogens that are harmful to humans
The mammal’s abundant hair houses a world of living beings that balance each other out, opening up potential responses to pathogens that are harmful to humans
The Plumia project advocates creating a virtual country for expatriate teleworkers. During the pandemic, a small fishing town in Ponta do Sol hosted a small community of them, but they have had a fraught relationship with locals
Violence and organized crime are on the rise across the region, upending government plans and putting citizens on alert
The funding will focus on initiatives that support free and independent media, combat corruption, bolster human rights, advance technology that improves democracy, and support free and fair elections
In the Central American country, crime is breaking records. There are more shootings in the streets and more collateral victims. Meanwhile, the Minister of Public Security has been criticized for asking the population to confront drug traffickers
On Wednesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hear the case of Beatriz, who died at age 21 after being denied an abortion. EL PAÍS looks at the other women who have lost their lives due to the region’s restrictive rules
The program that has paid landowners for 25 years not to cut down trees depends almost entirely on fuel tax revenue, which stands to fade away by 2050
Donald Trump pursued a similar ban in 2019 but a federal appeals court prevented it from taking effect
The first lady will highlight issues around empowering women and young people and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa
Another 23 people were injured in the accident, which took place during a road trip between shelters. The victims had crossed the Darien Gap from Colombia
A Costa Rica newspaper reported that hundreds of people have seen the aircraft in the sky in recent hours
The millionaire businessman and former army chief has presented himself as a strategist and conciliatory figure within the Sandinista regime, despite disagreements with his brother, President Daniel Ortega
Authorities from three countries continue to search for a boat that disappeared on December 17. Most of the passengers are Venezuelans
The territorial waters of the Central American country, renowned as a leader in environmental protection, are the focus of an increasingly heated conflict involving conservationists, fishermen and drug traffickers
The National Assembly has decided to do away with the traditional method of calculating age, by which babies are born one year old, to standardize the country’s legal and administrative system