Costa Rica and Panama are coordinating to expedite southbound migrant transit through their countries along the same route that carried hundreds of thousands north in recent years, officials said Monday.

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.

People with disabilities have seen two major policy wins in the Americas this fall, one in Mexico City and the other in Costa Rica. Both victories help guarantee equal legal recognition for all people.

The migrants from around the world did not know where they were or what would happen to them, according to an independent government entity.

Costa Rica generates nearly all its electricity from renewables. To boot, it’s the reliable 24/7 type that factories that run without breaks need—not intermittent wind and solar. Roughly 72 percent of Costa Rica’s electricity comes from hydroelectric dams. Another 15 percent is generated from geothermal heat.

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“Costa Rica is a country that guarantees human rights ... AP reporter María Verza contributed to this report from Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY — Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it’s a U.S. immigration detention facility. Families from Central Asia flown to Panama and Costa Rica to await voluntary repatriation to their countries. Venezuelans from Guantanamo Bay handed off on a Honduran tarmac and returned to Caracas .

Irma Elvira Cruz, a 60-year-old woman known as "Madre," has been extradited from Mexico to face federal charges, according to the Justice Department.

Bermuda under-17 women’s team have learnt who their opponents will be in the final round of the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers. The young team were drawn in group A alongside Mexico, Haiti and Costa