Mexican vigilante militias battling drug-traffickers in the restive state of Michoacán said Thursday they had returned several hundred acres of land seized from villagers by a notorious drug cartel.
Costa Rican opposition presidential candidate José María Villalta says he'll cut tax deductions and boost salaries of police and teachers if elected president, calling concerns about the country's widening budget deficit "alarmist."
Like a tropical Bonnaroo, Jungle Jam continues to rock the rainforest this weekend, overtaking Jacó beach with bands and fans from all over the world. If you haven't caught the first couple days, you can still hightail it to DoceLunas hotel for a wild weekend.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is turning to an army brigadier general to run the economy, two months after using troops to help control prices and slow the world's fastest inflation.
When Facebook added hashtags last year and almost no one used them, you might have thought the social network would give up on trying to become more like Twitter. You'd have thought wrong.
Japan’s Agriculture Ministry this week announced that Costa Rica is free of swine flu, which for local producers means they now have open doors for exporting pork to the Asian giant.
A second round in the Feb. 2 presidential race could turn the dynamics upside-down with current third-place candidate Otto Guevara as a favorite, according to a poll published Thursday.
The Academy Award nominations were released Friday morning, with somewhat-true crime caper "American Hustle" and visually stunning space flick "Gravity" leading the way, with 10 nods each. Of the nine best picture nominees only "Captain Phillips" is playing in Costa Rica.
