GUATEMALA CITY – A list of finalists for Guatemala’s next attorney general contains six men and women. But one of the best candidates, acting Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz, who leaves office this month, is not one of them.
Inspired by the long history of U.S. interventions in Latin American, Code Pink activists warned of ongoing subtler militarization in region, during their visit to the country last week.
Thanks to a stroke of luck and some good friends, “Even in Eden” has been picked up by Kamel Press, a traditional publisher based in the U.S. Kamel will also publish the book’s two sequels, completing the Eden trilogy.
The Board of Directors of the National Teachers’ Pension Fund (JUPEMA) on Friday rejected a request by four former lawmakers to have their pensions boosted to that of a legislator, instead of much lower pensions as teachers.
Canadian company Gildan Activewear confirmed Friday morning in Montreal, Canada, that their next major investment will be the construction of a textile manufacturing plant in Costa Rica's northwestern province of Guanacaste.
The World Economic Forum released a report last week on Internet "readiness." The comprehensive report looks at how prepared an economy is to benefit from information and communications technology (ICT).
In her last major public speech before leaving office, Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla spoke for nearly three hours Thursday night about the perception of her presidency, her administration’s strategies and achievements, and the country’s continued progress in democracy and social development. But on her administration’s many failures, it was mostly finger pointing.
