Prosecutors say Menem failed to report two bank accounts – including one holding $6 million – as well as two light aircraft, stocks, cars and real estate.
Documents recently obtained by The Tico Times in the investigation of Jairo Mora’s death help unravel the mystery behind the murder of a young Costa Rican conservationist who once worked peacefully with poachers on the beach he tried to protect.
Business promoters hope that a new national brand will make investors imagine another kind of "green" besides environmentalism when they think of Costa Rica.
The veteran swimmer had hoped to complete the treacherous 160-kilometer (100-mile) trek in 80 hours. But in the end, she did it in 52 hours, 54 minutes and 18.6 seconds.
U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald told Brazil's Globo television on Sunday that the U.S. National Security Agency tracked Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's use of the Internet and accessed emails of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
