Costa Rica shutters its embassy in Cuba and orders diplomats to leave
Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's Communist government to pull its diplomats from Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's Communist government to pull its diplomats from Costa Rica.
Costa Rica's Fire Department said it rescued 48-year-old Mauricio Hoyos from the attack and carried him on a 36-hour journey from Cocos Island.
Actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on "The Cosby Show," has died.
Denmark's National Museum said two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica were previously thought to have been pirate ships.
Experts say climate change will drive up the price of bananas, but consumers should already be paying more.
A hotel watchman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the killing of a Hallandale Beach woman staying at an Airbnb lodging in Costa Rica.
The family of a South Florida woman killed in Costa Rica is suing Airbnb and the resort where she was vacationing when she died.
A tragic end to the search in Costa Rica for a missing woman from South Florida.
Costa Rican authorities confirmed Tuesday that the body they found is that of missing South Florida woman Carla Stefaniak.
Authorities in Costa Rica have found a body Monday in the area where a South Florida woman had gone missing.
Relatives are searching for Hallandale Beach Resident Carla Stefaniak, who disappeared in Costa Rica.
Four tourists from Miami and a Costa Rican guide were killed in a weekend rafting accident in the Central American country, authorities said on Sunday.
Two investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are traveling to Costa Rica to help with the investigation into a deadly plane crash over the weekend that killed 12 people, including 10 Americans.
The Nature Air charter flight crashed shortly after taking off just after noon Sunday from Punta Islita on a planned flight to the capital of San Jose.
An American woman was mauled to death by a female tiger shark while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday night, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Spanish language radio host Ninoska Perez has been fielding calls from listeners focused on the recent arrival of nearly 200 Cubans from Central America, and the impending arrival of thousands of others.
The first group of Cubans- who were stranded in Costa Rica- arrived in Hialeah Gardens late Sunday night.
After being stranded in Costa Rica for months, nearly 200 Cuban migrants who recently made it to southern Mexico began making plans Thursday to travel to the border with the United States.
The Miami-Dade School Board is bracing for what could be an overwhelming problem. During Wednesday's meeting they will discuss Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's proposal that the school district join with the county's congressional delegation in "calling on the federal government to provide resources, logistics, and funding necessary to address the pending influx of Cuban refugees."
The wait is over for thousands of Cuban refugees who have been stuck in Costa Rica for the last couple of months. On Wednesday, the first 180 of the 8,000 migrants were airlifted to El Salvador and then traveled by bus to Guatemala.
Several Central American countries have reached a deal which will allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue their journey toward the U.S.
Surveillance video shows the thieves, with faces covered, walking around the complexes on Northeast 191st St by 18th Ave.
Cuban Americans from across South Florida gathered at Miami's Freedom Tower and Versailles Restaurant after Raúl Castro was indicted.
Raúl Castro, the brother of Cuba's longtime dictator Fidel Castro, stepped down as the leader of Cuba's Communist Party in 2021.
As Raúl Castro now faces a U.S. indictment tied to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, South Florida's Cuban exile community is revisiting the attack that killed four pilots.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.
Surveillance video shows the thieves, with faces covered, walking around the complexes on Northeast 191st St by 18th Ave.
Cuban Americans from across South Florida gathered at Miami's Freedom Tower and Versailles Restaurant after Raúl Castro was indicted.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.
Raúl Castro, the brother of Cuba's longtime dictator Fidel Castro, stepped down as the leader of Cuba's Communist Party in 2021.
As Raúl Castro now faces a U.S. indictment tied to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, South Florida's Cuban exile community is revisiting the attack that killed four pilots.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.
Raúl Castro and five others have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Florida, according to court filings made public Wednesday.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
The $1.776 billion fund, which is part of the agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Dept., is to be used to compensate those who claim that the government weaponized the legal system against them.
The Internal Revenue Service is permanently barred from pursuing claims against President Trump or his company based on prior tax returns, part of a controversial settlement deal between the Justice Department and Mr. Trump.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A judge has paused the prosecution of a woman charged with the attempted murder of Rihanna while it is determined whether she is mentally competent to stand trial.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.