Featured Post

REMEMBERING MY COSTA RICA DAYS 1991

COSTA RICA 1991 ! COSTA RICA 1991 ! ALSO SEE SLIDESHOW VIDEO @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlHI8V-QG5g  ...


The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate

My Blog List

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

"Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison"

"SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent Central America, has now made fighting drug trafficking one of its main goals. And it is turning to one of its Central American neighbors for inspiration in its hardline crackdown.

On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's security.."


https://ca.news.yahoo.com/costa-rica-opens-bukele-style-004449316.html