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Costa Rica cuts $13.4 million from public university spending

Costa Rica´s public universities were outraged to learn the government plans to cut higher education spending by ¢7.5 billion ($13.4 million). The Finance Ministry said...

Costa Rica hosts bilingual job fair

News on the job front isn´t all sour. Some 27 firms looking to hire 3,500 bilingual people will man booths at a free job fair...

Arsonists burn hundreds of protected hectares in Costa Rica

More than five forest fires have broken out since Sunday, burning hundreds of hectares of forests and grasslands. According to the National Fire Management...

Panama Canal Forecasts Drop in Shipping Traffic

PANAMA CITY – U.S. economic woes have influenced estimates of the Panama Canal Authority, which now forecasts a 5 percent drop in cargo tonnage...

Honduran Teachers Strike For Back Pay

TEGUCIGALPA – The Honduran school year began Feb. 9 with a strike by teachers demanding payment of back salaries for some 2,000 educators. Yet the...

Guatemalan President Halts New Gun Permits

GUATEMALA CITY – President Alvaro Colom has ordered a halt to the issuance of firearm permits “for an indefinite time” in an effort to...

Nearly Half of Guatemalan Youth Suffer Malnutrition

GUATEMALA CITY – A study released in this capital found that 45.6 percent of Guatemalan children suffer from chronic malnutrition and that their physical...

Multilingual Bookstore Gets New Digs

It’s only been a couple of weeks, but Felicia Manso is already digging the new digs for Mora Books. “It’s a fresh start, the change...

Oxfam America: Mining Reaps Few Benefits

An open-pit goldmine may not be quite the, well, goldmine it’s made out to be. A study on mining in Central America focusing on...

Arsonists Burn Hundreds Of Protected Hectares

More than five intentionally-set forest fires have broken out since Sunday, burning hundreds of hectares of forests and grasslands according to the National Fire...

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