In a region shaped by long memories of foreign intervention, Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez has signaled a conditional willingness to allow U.S. military forces to operate within her borders in the name of fighting organized crime — a posture that reflects both the genuine desperation of a country whose homicide rate has doubled in a decade and the gravitational pull of Washington's expanding military diplomacy in Latin America. No troops are imminent, and Congress would hold the gate, but the door has been opened in a country that has historically kept it closed. The question now is wh
Costa Rica's president opens door to US military operations amid regional security push
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