AFTER 10 years of what some environmentalistscall dismal operation, the private administratorof the country’s two public zoos has been told itscontract will not be...
A lengthy battle between the Costa Rican TourismInstitute (ICT) and the Comptroller’s Office has taken aturn against the tourism industry as the institute wasforced...
One Year AgoNine domestic violence-relatedslayings in January moved the governmentto create a special commissionwith representatives from eight governmentagencies to tackle the problem.The owners of...
TEGUCIGALPA(EFE) – Honduras’parliament on Jan. 19 passed a new lawdesigned to lock up for decades young peopleconvicted of mere membership in astreet gang.Pressed by...
IZALCO – The few in this westernSalvadoran town who remember thewholesale slaughter of Indians by the anti-Communist military regime in 1932 are intheir 90s...
LA UNIÓN (EFE) – SalvadoranPresident Elías “Tony” Saca this weekinaugurated construction of a new $170million mega-port project on the Gulf ofFonseca, which, when completed,...
MIAMI (EFE) – Miami police thisweek arrested nine members of CentralAmerica’s violent Mara Salvatrucha(M.S.) street gang for their alleged linksto murders and robberies in...
GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) – Airtraffic in this northernmost CentralAmerican nation returned to normal Jan.13 after the government fired its strikingcontrollers and replaced them with...
BABY Natalia entered this world witha birth about as gentle as can be. Her motherwas prepared with prenatal classes,exercises and quality medical care. Thebaby’s...
GOLFITO – Sixteen Coast Guard students,four Coast Guard instructors and 19community members in December madeup the second graduating class of theShannon Lucile Martin English...
