THREE pre-conferences and theupcoming commemoration of the 20thanniversary of the Cartagena Declarationon Refugees may provide internationalsolutions to the problem of rising numbersof refugees worldwide.The...
THE first part of the intrepid traveler’sdream came true: You fly into CentralAmerica’s most popular country from justabout anywhere in the world, skipping SanJosé...
THE Costa Rican Electricity andTelecom Institute (ICE) says it is becomingincreasingly more supportive of peoplewith disabilities.ICE is in the process of installinghandicap-accessible public phones...
UNIVERSIDAD Nacional (UNA)has opened new 12-hectare campus on theNicoya Peninsula, in the town of Nicoya.The $2.2 million campus, inauguratedlast month, offers programs in tourism,teaching...
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – TheHonduras Supreme Court of JusticeTuesday discarded the possibility ofappointing “faceless judges” to judgedrug traffickers, as President RicardoMaduro proposed last week (TT,...
PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Panamarefused a U.S. plan Wednesday to cleanup the Panamanian Pacific island of SanJosé, contaminated during World War IIby weapons practice,...
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) –Thousands of Guatemalans representing600 civil organizations are expected toparticipate in a march Aug. 20 to protestthe wave of violence and assassinations...
ASK foreign visitors what’s the firstthing that catches their attention when theyget to San José and they’ll likely mentionthe security or the perceived insecurity.Costa...
LOOK around your house. Metal is omnipresent.You’ll find it on door handles, lamps and light posts.You might have metal furniture, candelabras, chandeliersor balconies.And, this...
