And last month, Costa Rica returned passports to people it had detained in a former pencil factory, allowing them to leave if they so wished. El Salvador, however, is different. To crack down on ...

GENEVA – As humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, due to continuing displacement from Nicaragua, a 41 per cent funding cut is seriously impacting the ability of UNHCR, the UN Refugee ...

With the announcement Friday during a visit to the Reforma prison, Chaves was channeling El Salvador President Nayib Bukele who he recognized last year with Costa Rica’s highest diplomatic honor ...

I don’t know about you, but I was very excited to read that Costa Rica has expressed interest in getting into one of the best regional growth industries—massive prisons. Up in El Salvador, Bukele has ...

as much as 2% of El Salvador’s population is behind bars these days. The country has traded a terrifying homicide toll for an appalling incarceration roll. And this was the model Costa Rican ...

Costa Rica’s top law enforcement official toured El Salvador’s notorious “mega prison” in a desperate search for answers to the bloody migrant gang war that has seen murder rates spike in ...

Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review to reduce violence by powerful street gangs. IRS $1,400 stimulus check deadline is ...

TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica’s security minister toured El Salvador’s maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review of the measures that El Salvador has taken to ...

Costa Rica Looks to El Salvador's Gang Crackdown for Path to Stopping Violence TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on ...

The United States has also deported third-country nationals to Panama and, over the weekend, to El Salvador. “Costa Rica should not be complicit in flagrant US abuses,” said Michael Garcia ...

Did you know Costa Rica has a “blue zone,” where people reportedly live longer and healthier lives than other parts of the globe? And it’s no wonder. With a warmer climate, active community ...

Last month, the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Local News and Innovation Network hosted a virtual newsroom visit webinar with El Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (“El CLIP”) ...