Tegucigalpa (ACAN-EFE) – A summitof Central American Presidents concludedhere last week with accords onarmed gangs in the region, commonlyknown as maras, and on the...
SAN SALVADOR – Salvadoranjudges are reacting negatively to policeauthorities’ latest innovation in their largelyineffective battle against soaring crime:charging perpetrators of especially horrificmurders with crimes...
PANAMA CITY (EFE) –Panamanian President Martín Torrijosannounced this week that he will ask theNational Assembly to suspend for 90 daysthe recently enacted amendments to...
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – At least29 Salvadorans and five Hondurans werekilled during heavy rains that pounded theCentral American nations last weekend,according to wire reports.In El...
THE European Union has approved itsnew Generalized Preference System(GPS), which grants Costa Rica and othercountries with “special developmentneeds” lower tariffs on exports, the ForeignTrade...
IN our article “Fuel Spill ThreatensThousands” in last week’s edition, wequoted Natalie Montiel, chief of waterquality and operations for the HerediaPublic Services Company (ESPH),...
THE Institute for Central AmericanDevelopment Studies (ICADS) and CostaRican student Freddy Villalobos wereboth honored Wednesday at the 2005Latin American-Iberian Summit in Honorof Educational Excellence,...
U.S. President George W. Bush yesterdayannounced he intends to nominateMark Langdale, from Texas, as U.S. Ambassadorto Costa Rica, according to the U.S.Embassy in San...
THE biggest weather research operationthe U.S. National Aeronautics andSpace Administration (NASA) has conductedin Central America launches todayfrom its base at the Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport...
MIRAMAR, Puntarenas – The riftbetween residents of the town of Miramar,near the Pacific port city of Puntarenas,was as visible Monday at the local highschool...
