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Monthly Archives: March, 2015

U.S. DOJ finds widespread racial bias by Ferguson police force

Though the U.S. Justice Department declined to prosecute officer Darren Wilson, it issued a scathing 102-page report on Wednesday highlighting racial bias in the Ferguson police department and a system of using law enforcement to extract money from African American residents

Argentina appeal revives cover-up case against president

Lead prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita argued in his 35-page appeal that Judge Daniel Rafecas was overly hasty in his decision last Thursday to throw out the case against President Cristina Kirchner for allegedly protecting Iranian officials accused of orchestrating a deadly 1994 bombing.

Mexico nabs Zetas drug cartel leader ‘Z-42’

Omar Treviño, 41, took the helm of the Zetas after his brother, Miguel Ángel Treviño, or "Z-40," was captured by marines in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas in July 2013. The U.S. State Department had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Mexico offered $2 million.

Costa Rica approves $1 million in aid to farmers affected by unusual weather conditions

Costa Rica’s government will allocate ₡600 million ($1.1 million) to assist farmers hit by extreme weather conditions that affected most of the country during the...

US citizen dies in Jacó car crash

According to initial reports, Levine was driving a lightweight vehicle with another passenger on the highway when for an unknown reason the car veered into oncoming traffic.

Biden urges Central America to tackle poverty, violence, impunity

Barack Obama's administration has asked the U.S. Congress to approve $1 billion in funding for Central America to bolster security and stem illegal immigration into the U.S. from its southern neighbors.

What’s that? An explanation of the plantation towns

Along the highway that runs along the Central Pacific Coast between Jaco and Dominical, you will see vast plantations of African palm trees, broken...

New study gives insight into the complicated duets of plain wrens

The study found that wren pairs coordinate their tempos to create beautiful duets. The results could have implications for better understanding human conversation.

President Solís laments media criticism; analysts say it’s nothing new

Tuesday’s comments were the latest from the government on perceived slights by the media. This past Sunday, La Nación printed an op-ed from Solís in which the president complained about daily harassment from the press.

Why Midwestern farmers want to break the Cuba embargo

HAVANA – Cuba policy sometimes makes strange bedfellows, which is how a man like Thomas Marten, a burly Illinois soybean farmer with a bushy red beard, had come to Havana to make a statement about the principles of free enterprise.

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