Costa Rica

Confident of his popularity, the President looks set to overhaul the pillars of the country’s welfare system

Since 2018, at least 258 people have died or disappeared while crossing the perilous sliver of land that connects Colombia and Panama. This year alone, more than 127,000 migrants have trekked through the dangerous terrain. With no time to mourn after losing loved ones to the jungle, survivors focus on the next step

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