Local college students have designed a technological artefact that will be sent into space in order to analyse a fungus that is affecting banana plantations around the world, and will try and find a cure for it

A high alert has been issued as Poás Volcano has shown intensified seismic activity, ground uplift, and gas emissions, signaling a possible eruption that may endanger nearby communities and visitors

Costa Rica is coordinating with Panama to expedite southbound migrant transit, mainly for Colombians, Venezuelans, and Ecuadorians, by providing regulated transportation to protect them from traffickers

First deportation flight from the US has landed carrying 135 deportees, mainly from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan and Russia; they will be held in detention centers while their repatriation is arranged, amidst regional pressure to facilitate deportations

Residents of El Tirol are protesting against the court-mandated cypress tree removal, they are also seeking legal alternatives to stop or mitigate the deforestation, as well as organizing a reforestation project to restore the affected landscape