Brazil declares emergency over mosquito-related brain damage births
Brazilian health authorities are expressing grave concern and have declared a state of emergency, following the birth of 2,400 babies with small heads and a condition that causes severe brain…
Citing Costa Rica crisis, New York Times blasts “absurdity” of US policy, calls for repeal of Cuban Adjustment Act
The United States should put an end to immigration policies that make it easier for Cubans to leave their island for the United States and which has caused an immigration…
World’s first dengue vaccine could be good news for Costa Rica, Central America
The Philippines has granted approval for the sales of a new dengue vaccine, following Mexico as the first two countries to allow a treatment that could prevent the flu-like illness…
Panama issues warrant for arrest of former president
Panama's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli who is alleged to have used public money to spy on more than 150 people illegally.…
Bomb explodes outside Latin American Development Bank in Venezuela capital
An improvised bomb went off Tuesday at the CAF-Latin American Development Bank offices in Venezuela's capital, but no one was injured, Chacao Mayor Ramon Muchacho, the top official in the…
Nicaragua proposes that the United States airlift Cubans stranded in Costa Rica
The Nicaraguan government said that the United States should airlift more than 5,000 Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to US soil during a summit of the Central American Integration…
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…
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…
