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43 signals for Criminal+Political · CR · Crisis

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR26d ago

Costa Rica's government disclosed receipt of an intelligence report describing an alleged plan to assassinate President Laura Fernández, with officials indicating the plot was being coordinated from a maximum-security prison by leaders of the drug-trafficking organization Los Lara.

6.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·San Jose, San José

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇴Colombia 🇨🇷CR 🇴🇲Oman42d ago

In the apartment of Claudia López and Angélica Lozano - as a couple since 2012, married on December 16, 2019 - the spaces of each one are distinguished: "Everything shines, it is evident what her desk is, because mine is a mess," the senator tells EL COLOMBIANO. He answers the call eagerly, but manages to accurately describe the woman with whom he shares life. He talks about how Claudia seeks to make up for the hustle and bustle of public life - and a presidential campaign - with routines that allow you to disconnect.

5.7/10·El Colombiano (Medellín)

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇷CR10d ago

A 27-year-old woman, Jocelyn Paniagua Gutiérrez, was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in Tuetal Norte de Alajuela, Costa Rica; her relatives reported she had previously received death threats, intensifying concerns about femicide and gender violence in the country.

5.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Tuetal Norte de Alajuela, Alajuela

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PoliticalCrisis🇸🇻El Salvador 🇨🇷CR54d ago

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has ordered the intervention of personal assets belonging to shareholders of El Faro, the prominent independent digital newspaper that relocated its legal structure to Costa Rica in 2023. The outlet is describing the move as the latest in a series of government actions aimed at silencing critical journalism.

5.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·San Salvador, San Salvador

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR54d ago

Costa Rica's incoming president Laura Fernández, scheduled to take office on May 8, announced her cabinet on Tuesday with a controversial appointment: outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves Robles will serve as a cabinet minister. The move represents an unprecedented concentration of power in Costa Rican republican history, allowing the departing president to maintain substantial influence over government operations.

5.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·San Jose, San José

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CriminalCrisis🇩🇪Germany 🇺🇸United States 🇨🇷CR34d ago

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat Isaí Martínez Zepeda, the nephew of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's and a high ranking Los Chapitos officer involved in synthetic drug trafficking, was arrested by Mexican security forces in Colonia Casa Blanca of Nogales, Sonora. Zepeda is identified as a high ranking officer of the 'Los Chapitos' faction, in charge of producing and distributing synthetic drugs to the United States and Costa Rica. He has an extradition order from the United States.

5.3/10·Borderland Beat·Colonia, New Jersey

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR58d ago

Thousands of Salvadorans marched through the capital on May 1 to denounce what they called democratic setbacks under President Nayib Bukele and to demand the release of people they described as innocent who were detained in the government’s crackdown on gangs. The demonstration marked International Workers’ Day and highlighted persistent criticism of a state of […] The post Salvadorans Protest Bukele’s Policies in May Day March appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

5.1/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR 🇳🇮Nicaragua 🇨🇳China10d ago

Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández warned on Friday of an impending "invasion" of illegal miners from Nicaragua, attributing the threat to mining concessions that Nicaragua has granted to Chinese companies near their shared border.

4.5/10·Confidencial Nicaragua·null, null

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR11d ago

President Laura Fernández was hastily evacuated from the Crucitas mining area on Friday morning after a loud blast disrupted her official visit to inspect illegal gold mining damage. The incident occurred around 8:10 a.m. while the president was touring the site with lawmakers.

4.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Crucitas, Limón

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CriminalCrisis🇻🇪Venezuela 🇨🇷CR10d ago

Costa Rican police arrested a man in San Carlos on Friday after authorities said he allegedly made a death threat against President Laura Fernández during her visit to Crucitas in the northern mining area. The suspect, identified by local media only by the surname Ordóñez, was detained in the Zona Norte after a complaint was […] The post Costa Rica Arrests Man Over Alleged Death Threat Against President appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

4.3/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·San Carlos, Cojedes

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇷CR 🇳🇮Nicaragua20d ago

The US State Department announced Monday that it will restrict visa access for over 100 Nicaraguan officials and their family members following the death of a detained Indigenous leader. Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned 73-year-old head of the Miskito people and former member of congress, was arrested in September 2023 by the left-wing, authoritarian government of […] The post US Restricts Visas for Nicaraguan Officials After Brooklyn Rivera’s Death appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

4.3/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇷CR 🇨🇭Switzerland6d ago

A day after Costa Rica carried out the largest police operation in its history, authorities have arrested three children of extradited drug suspect Edwin López Vega, alias “Pecho de Rata,” and confirmed that several other relatives — including his wife — remain at large, two of them believed to be in Switzerland. The arrests deepen […] The post Tourists Evacuated, Kingpin’s Children Arrested in Costa Rica’s Biggest Drug Raid appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

4.1/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇷CR 🇳🇮Nicaragua19d ago

Costa Rica is facing one of its most difficult environmental and security tests in years as illegal gold mining spreads through Crucitas, a remote area in the northern zone near the Nicaraguan border. What began as a disputed mining concession has become a broader national crisis involving organized crime, toxic contamination, unsafe tunnels, foreign miners, […] The post Costa Rica’s Crucitas Gold Crisis Deepens as Illegal Mining Spreads appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

4.1/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇷CR49d ago

Costa Rica Profile Costa Rica has traditionally been perceived as a bastion of security in crime-ravaged Central America. In recent years, however, the country has experienced record levels of violence, which authorities have blamed on its growing role as a drug transshipment point. Local crime groups do not appear to pose a major security threat. But as they become increasingly involved with transnational criminal organizations expanding their operations in Costa Rica, corruption and instability may deepen.   Read more The post Costa Rica Profile appeared first on InSight Crime .

4.1/10·InSight Crime

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR32d ago

The judge rejected processing the case through the ordinary procedure and ordered new proceedings before the Public Prosecutor's Office files charges. The student's defense announced a complaint against officers for the facts that occurred during his detention. The post UNA student detained for protesting against electrical harmonization project; case will proceed on grounds of apparent flagrante delicto appears first on Semanario Universidad.

3.9/10·Semanario Universidad (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇨🇺Cuba 🇨🇷CR9d ago

On a modified bicycle that serves as a wheelchair, Teodardo Debardet returns home after receiving a humanitarian aid package sent by the United States to victims of Hurricane Melissa, which struck eastern Cuba last year. Despite the oil blockade and the tightening of economic sanctions against Cuba, Washington continues to provide assistance to Melissa’s victims […] The post Rural Cuba Still Struggles After Last Year’s Hurricane as U.S. Aid Arrives appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Washington, District of Columbia

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR11d ago

La presidenta Laura Fernández rechazó la posibilidad de una intervención de Estados Unidos en Crucitas y defendió la capacidad del Estado para atender la crisis generada por la minería ilegal.

3.5/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇺Cuba 🇺🇸United States 🇨🇷CR11d ago

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro gave his approval Wednesday to a package of economic reforms debated by top representatives of the Communist Party, Cuba’s only legal party, in Havana as the island confronts a deepening crisis under pressure from Washington. Castro, 95, holds no official position but remains a key figure in Cuba’s power structure. […] The post Cuba Weighs Major Economic Reforms After Raúl Castro Gives Approval appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Havana, Havana

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CriminalCrisis🇨🇦Canada 🇺🇸United States 🇨🇷CR19d ago

A former Air Canada captain has been charged in Canada after police alleged he flew more than 900 domestic and international flights without holding the license required to serve as captain of large commercial aircraft. Geoffrey Wall, 59, of Barrie, Ontario, was arrested on June 1 following a four-month fraud and forgery investigation by Peel […] The post Ex-Air Canada Pilot Charged After Allegedly Flying Without Proper License appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .

3.5/10·Tico Times (Costa Rica)·Barrie, Ontario

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR32d ago

Ilka Treminio, Esperanza Tasies and Natalia Solano advocated for alternative dispute resolution; they request an investigation and establish responsibilities within the administration for deficient handling of social protest. The entry Members of the University Council ask for an investigation into the actions of administrators against students in the takeover of the Rectory appears first in University Weekly.

3.5/10·Semanario Universidad (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR33d ago

Four entities and three individuals were sanctioned for 'grave and systematic abuses' against Palestinians, the EU Council indicated.

3.5/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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CriminalCrisis🇦🇺Australia 🇨🇷CR 🇺🇦Ukraine+146d ago

Thirty-four European states – along with Australia and Costa Rica – said Friday they would join a proposed special tribunal for Ukraine. The future legal body would allow Kyiv to prosecute Russia for a "crime of aggression" over its invasion.

3.1/10·France 24 English

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR2d ago

El proyecto de ley de 'cero ocio' en los centros penales parte de un diagnóstico correcto sobre la crisis carcelaria, aunque su propuesta plantea serias dudas sobre derechos laborales, transparencia y control judicial

2.9/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR4d ago

Desde Omar Dengo hasta Gabriela Mistral, grandes educadores defendieron el valor pedagógico de los cuentos. Hoy, ante la crisis educativa, esa tradición cobra renovada vigencia

2.9/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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PoliticalCrisis🇨🇷CR7d ago

Diez años después del Brexit, Reino Unido enfrenta una crisis política y económica marcada por la inestabilidad gubernamental y la caída del crecimiento.

2.9/10·La Nación (Costa Rica — Spanish)

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