GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) –Guatemalan human rights groups lastSaturday hailed the discovery by theNational Ombudsman’s Office of long-forgottenpolice files covering the period ofthe country’s bloody...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (EFE) –Salvadoran President Elias “Tony” Sacasaid last weekend that his White Housemeeting with his U.S. host, PresidentGeorge W. Bush – at which...
A criminal court judge has finallyissued a decision to take Osvaldo Villalobos’financial crimes case to trial after aprolonged wait that agonized former investorswho lost...
A hydroplane accident Saturday off thecoast of Playa Flamingo, in the northwesternprovince of Guanacaste, left three familiesand members of the neighboringTamarindo beach community mourning...
MANAGERS of the much-criticizedstate-owned Río Azul landfill in Cartago,east of San José, yesterday formallyasked public health officials to extendthe landfill’s operating permit a yearand...
A group of 80 young people from 17Latin American countries, representing 34indigenous groups, met in Madrid, SpainJuly 7-8 to discuss the common problemsthey face...
POLICE busted an alleged ring ofpassport theft and falsification last week,confiscating at least 15 passports, 14 ofwhich belonged to U.S. citizens, andarresting three Colombians...
MICROBIOLOGISTS, electricalengineers, mathematicians and ecologistsfrom throughout the country met this weekto define a plan for science and technologythey hope will make Costa Rica adeveloped...