Nine years of negotiations for a CentralAmerican Customs Union are finally bearingfruit – at least for Costa Rica’s neighbors.With Honduras and Nicaragua poised to...
AFTER 10 years of what some environmentalistscall dismal operation, the private administratorof the country’s two public zoos has been told itscontract will not be...
A lengthy battle between the Costa Rican TourismInstitute (ICT) and the Comptroller’s Office has taken aturn against the tourism industry as the institute wasforced...
One Year AgoNine domestic violence-relatedslayings in January moved the governmentto create a special commissionwith representatives from eight governmentagencies to tackle the problem.The owners of...
TEGUCIGALPA(EFE) – Honduras’parliament on Jan. 19 passed a new lawdesigned to lock up for decades young peopleconvicted of mere membership in astreet gang.Pressed by...
IZALCO – The few in this westernSalvadoran town who remember thewholesale slaughter of Indians by the anti-Communist military regime in 1932 are intheir 90s...
VACATIONERS’ fear and uncertainty,rather than high water, has sunkenbusiness for hotels, restaurants, and tourguide companies in Sarapiquà andTalamanca, two regions on theCaribbean slope that...
RAIN, winds and swollen rivers hamperedemergency workers this week on theCaribbean slope assisting the thousands ofpeople whose homes were submerged inlast week’s flood.What President...