Just over a week since taking office, President Luis Guillermo Solís made history Friday morning when he became the first Costa Rican leader to raise the rainbow flag of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement on even mast with the Costa Rican red-white-and-blue tricolor on the lawn of the Casa Presidencial.
In an early morning raid Friday, agents from Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) arrested Rosa Elena Gamboa, a superior court judge for the province of Limón, on suspicion of corruption and allegedly aiding international drug trafficking cartels.
TOKYO – Animal rights activists said Thursday they had sued the major Japanese whaling town Taiji, internationally condemned for its dolphin hunts, for banning "foreign-looking" visitors from its whale museum.
For most Brazilians, winning a World Cup on home soil would be priceless. For companies ranging from retailers to airlines, the event is bad for business.
If measles were to crash the World Cup and then spread, it would put at risk the country’s impressive gains against the disease and threaten other countries as well.
Latin American countries are projected to be among the fastest-growing business-to-consumer e-commerce markets in the world, according to EMarketer. Sales in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina are all estimated to rise by 19 percent or more this year.
Business confidence in Costa Rica dropped by 10 percent compared to the same period last year, a survey by the Union of Private-Sector Chambers and Associations said. Confidence dropped in every sector surveyed.
