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  "id": 14609276,
  "title": "Costa Rica latest to adopt Bukele blueprint with new mega-prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/costa-rica-latest-to-adopt-bukele-blueprint-with-new-mega-prison",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:53:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3370948/costa-rica-latest-adopt-bukele-blueprint-new-mega-prison"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent Central America, has now made fighting drug trafficking one of its main goals. And it is turning to one of its Central American neighbours for inspiration in its hardline crackdown. On Wednesday, President Laura Fernandez inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) that has become a symbol of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Costa Rica opens mega-prison as Bukele model embraced across Latin America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/costa-rica-opens-mega-prison-as-bukele-model-embraced-across-latin",
        "published": "2026-10-15T00:24:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here’s how it got here",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/costa-rica-opens-a-bukele-style-mega-prison-heres-how-it-got-here",
        "published": "2026-10-15T00:44:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Costa Rica opens mega-prison as organized crime fight intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/costa-rica-opens-mega-prison-as-organized-crime-fight-intensifies",
        "published": "2026-10-15T03:18:55.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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