Route 32 Safety Fix: Costa Rica’s Comptroller General ordered CONAVI to correct design flaws on Route 32 after finding seven roundabouts were built for much shorter trucks than the 22.4-meter vehicles now using the corridor, raising risks like lane encroachment and overturning and adding $1.4M in extra costs. Airport Biometric Upgrade: Juan Santamaría International Airport rolled out its first four biometric eGates, letting eligible adult Costa Rican travelers use biometric passports and facial recognition to speed up immigration while keeping officer supervision and accessibility support. Earthquake Monitoring Funding Fight: Lawmakers challenged reduced 2027 funding for Costa Rica’s earthquake, volcano, and weather monitoring networks (including UCR’s Red Sismológica Nacional and Ovsicori) just as a 5.5 quake hit near Uvita with aftershocks. Community Notes Expands in LatAm: Meta began testing Community Notes in multiple Latin American countries including Costa Rica, aiming to let local contributors add context as Meta moves away from third-party fact-checking. Western Union Restructures: Western Union confirmed it will gradually shrink its Costa Rica operations center over the next year, shifting roles to Guatemala, Lithuania, and the Philippines while keeping money-transfer services running. Health & Nutrition Research: A Peru-Costa Rica scoping review mapped how eating-disorder patients in Latin America consume extreme calorie ranges, highlighting nutrient shortfalls tied to binge and purging patterns. Biodiversity & Ocean Life: Florida researchers reported small crabs hitching rides on sea snakes off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, adding new detail to how marine “taxi” relationships work.