With 110 reported cases of human trafficking in Central America in the last five years, the IOM is hoping to set new guidelines that protect migrants' human rights.
Animal rights activists are celebrating the Environment Ministry's decision to close Costa Rica's two public zoos next May. However, zoo administrators are not going out without a fight and plan to take the case to court.
Judicial Investigation Police said the suspects were attempting to smuggle the Nepalese men to the Nicaraguan border, in an attempt to reach the United States.
On July 25, 1824, Costa Rica’s annexation of Guanacaste became official. In 1848, the territory officially became a Costa Rican province with four cantons: Nicoya, Santa Cruz, Bagaces and Cañas. Today, Guanacaste has 11 cantons.
The Brazilian military destroyed an explosive device discovered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida between Rio and São Paulo, where the pope is due to visit on Wednesday.
"Numbers provide a black and white sketch of the world, and individual stories provide the colorful brush strokes needed to bring that world to life." -Anonymous
