At 2 p.m. on Tuesday Costa Rica's Culture Ministry issued a press release confirming they will not approve construction permits for a new complex that would have housed the Legislative Assembly in downtown San José.
Carrying signs, horns and noisemakers, hundreds of shrimp fishermen marched outside the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to protest the permanent expiration of another shrimp trawling license following the country's trawling ban.
The clash between President José Mujica and a football association could lead to FIFA removing Uruguay from the World Cup if the organization sees Mujica's decision as "interference in football affairs," according to leading newspapers El País and El Observador in Uruguay.
Costa Rica’s first woman to become president garnered only a 16 percent approval rating as of January, according to Consulta Mitofsky, a Mexican consulting firm.
Water in Costa Rica will be considered a public good, and general access for consumption will be a fundamental right, according to a bill passed in a first-round vote Monday night at the Legislative Assembly.
ESPN commentator Ian Darke, who is awesome, and responsible for a pair of the most exciting calls in U.S. soccer history, also has some comedy chops it appears.
Hundreds of souls, hearts and minds waited on a Sunday afternoon in the center of San José for the words of a man who in less than a year was catapulted from being a nearly anonymous academic to the person who likely will govern the country for the next four years.
