FORMER Costa Rican President Miguel AngelRodríguez (1998-2002) began his job Wednesday as secretarygeneral of the Organization of American States(OAS) by announcing a restructuring of...
NEITHER the possibility of offending centuries ofCatholic tradition nor the disapproval of the Chinese governmenthas stopped Costa Rica’s political and church leadersfrom embracing a...
TEGUCIGALPA– Honduran authoritiesannounced this week they will investigatethe extra-judicial killings of more than50 alleged gang members in 2004 – a waveof violence that rights...
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) – Atotal of 84 officers of Guatemala’sNational Civil Police were fired last weekfor their involvement in organized crime,according to Minister of...
PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Panama’santi-corruption prosecutor, Cecilia López,announced Tuesday that Panama is filingcharges of money laundering against formerNicaraguan President ArnoldoAlemán (1997-2002), his former taxdirector...
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) –Hundreds of Guatemalan campesinos,who last week occupied one of the country’smost important power plants forthree days, abandoned the plant lastThursday following...
THE Central Bank has raised thebasic debit and attraction-of-funds 30-dayinterest rates by a quarter of a percentagepoint to 14.25% and 13.5%, respectively,the daily La...
THE latest in a string of legal actionsagainst Golfito Mayor Mauricio Alvaradohas resulted in the sentence of a month injail.The court has reduced the...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco onMonday filled most of the holes in hisCabinet following the wave of resignationsthat rocked his government during the pasttwo weeks.He named...
BISHOP José Francisco Ulloa, head ofthe Episcopal Conference, says the country’sCatholic Church is worried about thedeclining numbers of faithful Costa Ricans.“God is passing into...
