As many as 200 refugees at a time from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — the so-called Northern Triangle — will be allowed to stay in Costa Rica for up to six months while they are processed for potential asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere.
The new patrol boats will expand the Coast Guard's reach to 5,500 kilometers, allowing patrols to reach Costa Rica’s maritime borders with Ecuador and Colombia.
"It’s going to take all of us — educators and community leaders, women and men, boys and girls — to make progress for gender equality,” Jill Biden said on Sunday.
The #GraciasCostaRica campaign invites members of the public to upload messages thanking Costa Rica for what it's given them. The messages help raise awareness of nonprofit initiatives in education, conservation and rural development.
The transnational network, allegedly headed by a Costa Rican woman surnamed Rodríguez Torres charged Cubans between $7,000 and $15,000 to move them into the United States.
The U.S. State Department opened its diversity visa program, or lottery, on Oct. 1, promising 50,000 permanent resident visas for next year. Costa Ricans are eligible to apply.
