Costa Rica re-opens border, issuing visas to Cuban migrants

By Zach Dyer PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (Reuters) - To cheers from a large crowd of Cuban migrants, Costa Rica on Saturday re-opened its border with Panama after a sudden tightening in its immigration policy had left more than 1,200 of them stranded there. Like other countries in the region, Costa Rica has seen a surge in the number of Cubans entering as the process of detente between Washington and Havana announced in December stirs fears that longstanding U.S. asylum rights may soon be lost. Cost