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Monthly Archives: May, 2015

¡Touchdown! Crashing the Tropic Bowl

Watching the U.S. and Costa Rican players practice was as close to a Spring Training astmophere as I had even gotten. These were some of the best American football players in the country. These were athletes who had turned away from their diehard soccer tradition to serve as fullbacks and tight ends. It takes chutzpah to face off with 100-kilo goliaths on the line of scrimage. It takes more chutzpah to do this among people who think American football is a bunch of guys falling down in a pile, over and over.

PHOTO ESSAY: Marijuana Legalization March in Costa Rica

The groups Movimiento Cannábico Costarricense and Cannabis Medicinal Costa Rica organized the march with the help of other legalization supporters.

Op-ed: Let’s see a Trans-Pacific Partnership that respects workers’ rights

The Trans-Pacific Partnership being negotiated between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations has been characterized as the most progressive trade agreement in our history, with the strongest labor and environment provisions ever. But what is the benchmark?

At Vatican, Castro to thank pope for mediation role with US

The first South American pope played a key role in secret negotiations between the United States and Cuba that led to the surprise announcement in December that they would seek to restore diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of tensions.

Colombia to stop spraying Roundup on coca fields

After the World Health Organization warned in March that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," President Santos's cabinet called into question whether to continue the air war on coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine.

The best (and worst) countries to be a mother

Costa Rica ranked 45 out of a 179 countries in this year's State of the World's Mothers index from NGO Save the Children. In Latin America, only Argentina (36) and Cuba (40) ranked higher.

Army deployed over Peru mining project violence

Three people have died during weeks of protests against the Tía María copper mine in Peru. Local residents say the project will pollute their water and damage agriculture.

Costa Rica Waterfall Cascada Verde is Mother Nature’s Waterslide

UVITA, Puntarenas — Visiting waterfalls never gets old, and Uvita’s Cascada Verde has six big points in its favor. One, it’s very easy to get...

Costa Rica rises in global ranking of travel, tourism competitiveness

The World Economic Forum ranked Costa Rica the fourth most tourism-ready economy in Latin America. Still, tourism sector leaders believe the country “can and should rank better.”

Guatemala vice president resigns amid corruption scandal

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina announced Friday that his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, was resigning after one of her top aides was accused of participating in a customs bribery ring.

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