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A scout troop in Costa Rica is giving refugees hope.

For Iván Olivares, being a Scout is more than wearing a uniform. In February 2024, the government outlawed the country's Scouts Association, abruptly shutting down a movement that had existed in Nicaragua since 1917. The 58-year-old Nicaraguan journalist fled his country in 2021 as government repression against the press escalated. He followed the media outlet where he had worked for 22 years when it relocated to Costa Rica, allowing him to continue reporting safely. Determined to provide refugee and local youth with the same sense of community and purpose that Scouting had given him, Iván started a Scout group in La Carpio, a neighborhood in the capital, San José, affected by poverty and violence, that is home to many refugees and asylum-seekers. Repression continues to affect multiple sectors of Nicaraguan society, from journalism and academia to civil society organizations. Since 2018, the deterioration of the political and human rights situation in Nicaragua has forced more than 379,000 people to flee the country. As of June 2024, more than half of them were living in neighbouring Costa Rica.