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Monthly Archives: July, 2015

The humble shop atop Guatemala’s Pacaya Volcano

The Lava Store on top of Guatemala's Pacaya Volcano makes jewelry from lava ash, and therein lies a metaphor.

Latin America’s anti-corruption crusade

Latin America has been plagued by corruption for centuries, ever since it emerged from what the Mexican poet Octavio Paz called the “patrimonialist” nature of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule. What is different today is the response to it, with societies and institutions refusing to remain complicit in corruption, or resigning themselves to its inevitability.

Costa Rica’s famed Manuel Antonio National Park will close on Mondays starting this month

An executive decree signed by the Environment Ministry last week aims at allowing restoration, recovery and rehabilitation of ecosystems at Manuel Antonio National Park, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast.

COD 1030 Heredia house for sale: Property overlooks 3 natural rivers with lush tropical gardens, many walking paths

COD: 1030 Price: $650,000 REDUCED to $350,000. Email: realestate@ticotimes.net

PHOTOS: Cuba as it was – A glimpse of life before the US arrives

Before this past week's historic resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba, Washington Post photojournalist Sarah L. Voisin visited the nation to capture a lifestyle that will inevitably change as businesses emerge among a population hopeful for new goods.

5 more green sea turtles rescued by Costa Rican police in Caribbean 

The turtles, which weighed between 120 and 150 kilograms, were sent to the Jaguar Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo for care, where two others have since been taken for care. Police have rescued at least seven of the ancient reptiles so far this year from poachers who capture them for their meat as they come ashore to lay their eggs.

US judge to order release of immigrant women and children from holding facilities

Last Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported on a key ruling by a U.S. federal judge who in coming days plans to order the release of hundreds of immigrant women and children from holding facilities in the United States. Most of those immigrants originated from Latin American countries.

Fishermen threaten Costa Rica Coast Guard officers who confiscated illegal nets

The suspects likely will face criminal charges for threatening officers, and they could lose subsidies from the Mixed Institute for Social Aid.

Drug traffickers who cooperate with the US government have it pretty good – too good, watchdog says

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drug traffickers who cooperate with U.S. federal investigators are poorly vetted, and the Drug Enforcement Administration did not properly monitor at least 240 informants — some of whom crossed the line into illegal activity and were under criminal investigation by other authorities.

35 Bill Cosby accusers on New York magazine’s cover

New York magazine may have ended the relative anonymity of many Cosby accusers for good. For a cover story this week, New York interviewed and photographed 35 of Cosby's alleged victims, supplementing the story with video interviews with six.

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