AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoEnergy & Infrastructure: ICE says it will demolish the historic Jorge Manuel Dengo Obregón building in La Sabana Norte and replace it with a new 21-story, US$100M facility, citing structural hazards and promising modern, cutting-edge tech. Public Safety & Conservation: Costa Rica’s lawmakers approved rules requiring wildlife crossings for roads that disrupt habitat, with early planning and budgeting required for new projects and possible retrofits for existing roads based on scientific input. Health & Food Tech: Costa Rican agtech ClearLeaf’s silver-based fungicide GotaBlanca shows promise against strawberry pathogen Neopestalotiopsis, with trials underway alongside the University of Florida. Biodiversity Restoration: Osa Conservation moved 13 white-lipped peccaries to Piedras Blancas National Park to help restore a species wiped out by hunting, using a long-prep capture-and-soft-release effort. Science & Climate: A PBS investigation highlights Monteverde’s “dying of thirst” paradox: even with heavy rainfall, cloud-base shifts reduce mist moisture that epiphytes rely on. Security & Governance: The Wall Street Journal links Costa Rica’s drug-violence surge to a widening clash between President Laura Fernández and the judiciary, framing it as a political system fracture.
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