The U.S. Embassy in San José says that 300 U.S. citizens here could see an interruption in their benefits if they do not respond to a survey from the Social Security Administration.
In November 2012, President Laura Chinchilla and Health Minister Daisy Corrales signed a decree declaring a bioethics summit of national public interest. That summit included a guest speaker known for his inflammatory belief that homosexuality is a disease.
The official count is 64 bodies unearthed from 35 graves in and around a vine-entangled brick building along a dirt road toward the riverbend known as "The Great Corner." The dead have not been identified.
