IN November, the ConstitutionalChamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV)ruled in favor of Gerardo Mora, a 41-year-old blind man who filed a lawsuitagainst a...
HORRIFYING cases of domestic violence,police aggression against immigrantsand huge drug busts marked 2004.Nine slayings resulting from domesticviolence were reported in the first month ofthe...
COSTA Ricans were horrified by theJuly slayings of three diplomats at theChilean Embassy in the eastern San Josédistrict of Los Yoses.Local police officer José...
PEACE advocates and human rightsgroups this year celebrated the declarationof unconstitutionality of President AbelPacheco’s decision to list Costa Ricaamong the nations that support the...
A proposal by the United States tocreate an International Law EnforcementAcademy (ILEA) in Costa Rica was practicallynullified this year after U.S. negotiatorsrefused to accept...
NEARLY as soon as the LegislativeAssembly named Alex Solís to the positionof Comptroller General in earlyJune, legislators began discussing hisremoval after allegations emerged heforged...
“I think the election ofMiguel Ángel Rodríguez(as the Organization ofAmerican States’SecretaryGeneral) will be a historicevent for Costa Rica thatcould help it recover itsplace on...
BASEBALL comeback: Nicaragua revived its proud baseball traditionthis year with the inauguration of the new Nicaragua ProfessionalBaseball League and the opening of American College,...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – NorthernCentral America suffered one of its bloodiestand most repressive years since variouspeace accords brought an end to thewars of past decades.Massive...
