COSTA RICA · SECURITY The OIJ is the investigative police arm of Costa Rica’s judiciary, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office directs its cases in court. Sinpe is the national electronic payments network run by the central bank. Clonazepam is a prescription…
For the first time in our history, women lead all three branches of government after the Supreme Court elected Magistrate Patricia Vargas as its president yesterday. Vargas joins President Laura Fernández, head of the executive branch, Yara Jiménez, president of…
Formalization is a hearing where a prosecutor tells a suspect, before a pretrial judge, which crimes are under investigation, and it is notice rather than a verdict. Preventive prison is jail ordered before trial when freedom is judged dangerous for…
Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Brazilian immigration lawyers in the United States reported a surge in inquiries about moving abroad after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election Sunday. Two Florida-based firms receiving more than 1,300 inquiries in a single day as online searches…
Senior State Department Official MODERATOR: Hey guys, good afternoon. Thank you for joining today’s press call on Venezuela. Just to start with the ground rules, this call will be held on background attributable to a Senior State Department Official. That’s…
The United States will fund US$11.75 million of Paraguay security aid and post its first regional counterterrorism adviser in Asunción. The State Department announced the package on 21 October. The United States will give Paraguay US$11.75 million in security aid, the…
Posted October 25, 2026 5:39 pm. OTTAWA — The British government has turned down Ottawa’s attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets. The DSRB…
Colombia is participating in the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), the highest decision-making body of the Palermo Convention, with an agenda aimed at strengthening international cooperation in…
The State Department is publicly warning Americans about violent crime in parts of Latin America, but privately, it has given asylum officers new assessments arguing that conditions in some of those same countries are no more dangerous than in some…
EL SALVADOR · SECURITY El Salvador’s prosecutors have accused 564 Barrio 18 gang leaders, and local media say they want life terms. The mass case covers 14,497 charges. Prosecutors in El Salvador accused 564 Barrio 18 leaders on Thursday, 22 October; Diario El Salvador says they asked…
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