The new report from the U.N. Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean adjusted its growth estimate down to 3 percent from 3.5 percent last April.
One factor is the amount of carbon dioxide people emit when they breathe. Larger people exhale more of the gas, which may explain why adults tend to get bitten more often than children.
A 10,000-household survey seeks to fill an "important" gap in Costa Rica's data on Ticos' mental health, including migrants, ethnic minorities, LBGT people and children.
Through the Central America Regional Security Initiative, the U.S. provided nearly $30,000 in computers and software to help dismantle organized criminal networks.
National union representatives listed rising socio-economic inequality, poor infrastructure and environmental concerns among their reasons for participating in upcoming protests in Nicoya on Thursday.
