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Violence, drug trafficking in Limón is latest in wider struggle against drugs in Costa Rica

While violence and dramatic stories grab the headlines, money laundering is the deeper story behind the drug trade in Costa Rica.

Young Tico wins big belt-buckle contest, lands first Costa Rica exhibition

Daniel Icaza, a 26-year-old Costa Rican, recently won the World Championship Belt Buckle Competition. Now his exhibition “Monetary Bondage” is on display at the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center in Sabana Norte.

12 Latin American, Caribbean countries honored by UN for fighting hunger

Panama's Martinelli: “Reducing child malnutrition by half means we still have the other half to go.”

S&P downgrades Venezuela citing political inertia

Analyst: "Growing political uncertainty is weakening the implementation of economic policies and may possibly undermine governability."

Rohani victory may undermine support for attack on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the world to maintain its pressure, saying Khamenei, not Rohani, holds the nuclear strings.

U.S.-EU talks on ‘biggest trade deal in history’ start in July

The European Commission estimates an agreement could generate annual economic benefits of $159 billion for Europe and $126 billion for the U.S.

Defected Syrian general will be conduit for U.S. military aid to rebels

As a moderate who received his military training in what was then East Germany and who speaks English, German and Arabic, Salim Idriss has won the trust of the West since being appointed head of the rebel military council in December.

Without state resources, indigenous groups turn to marijuana cultivation, says advocate

The trade has grown to the point that locals plant more drugs than food.

Tico wins White House award for pioneering immigrant credit unions in U.S.

John Herrera co-founded the LCCU, the first fully bilingual financial institution in the state of North Carolina, to provide immigrants from Latin America with bank accounts and other financial services.

Iran agents in Latin America

Does Iran maintain a network of intelligence agents specifically tasked with sponsoring and executing terrorist attacks in the Western Hemisphere?

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