Jean-Claude Duvalier, the 59-year-old former dictator, assumed power at 19 from his notorious father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Baby Doc ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986.
The Brooklyn Museum in New York is voluntarily giving up a priceless 4,500-piece pre-Columbian collection, but the Costa Rican National Museum doesn’t have money to pay for shipping.
FISHFUL THINKING: We deeply regret to report that Tico Times fishing columnist Jerry "Bubba" Hallstrom died Wednesday of a heart attack. This is the last column he wrote.
Costa Rica's National Emergency Commission (CNE) issued a green alert on Sunday for almost the entire country after intense rains pounded 15 cantons over...