Sepp Blatter may have already spent his final days as the head of FIFA, as the association's tribunal reportedly voted to suspend the president for 90 days following news that Swiss authorities had opened up a criminal investigation into Blatter's suspected mishandling of FIFA money.
Costa Rican stars Keylor Navas and Bryan Oviedo return to the national team after long layoffs, as the 23-man selection looks for its second straight win on Thursday when it takes on South Africa.
An indigenous rights issue has put Costa Rica’s much-vaunted human rights record to the test as the country struggles to protect members of the Bribrí and Teribe indigenous communities from non-indigenous people who have forcibly, and at times violently, removed them from indigenous ancestral lands.
The Shortfilmfestival started 13 years ago in Bern, Switzerland, and has since spread to other cities. The festival will be held simultaneously in this year's chosen cities, or "playgrounds," which are: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Moscow (Russia), Cape Town (South Africa), Bangkok (Thailand), Cairo (Egypt), Kyoto (Japan), and San José, which became a shnit playground in 2011.
Now in its third edition, the contest, which challenges students from the university's Collective Communication Science Department to produce a short film in just two days, resulted in 10 films showcased Oct. 2 at the UCR Law School Auditorium.
Two indigenous groups in the Amazon have taken radical action to reduce illegal logging, tying up loggers, torching their trucks and tractors, and kicking them off the reserves. As a result, such logging has sharply declined in these territories.
While there's been extensive research attempting to predict the future of Earth's vulnerable plants and animals, there have been comparatively few studies investigating the...
The U.S. State Department opened its diversity visa program, or lottery, on Oct. 1, promising 50,000 permanent resident visas for next year. Costa Ricans are eligible to apply.
