Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua s political crisis exploded in April 2018
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — After four years of trying to continue his studies in Nicaragua, Elthon Rivera finally reached the same conclusion as thousands of his countrymen. The government shuttered his university, its director told him he was going into exile and warned that the police were coming for