TEGUCIGALPA (ACAN-EFE) –Sustainable tourism projects in Honduraswill receive a $35 million boost from theInter-American Development Bank (BID),officials announced last week.The agreement for the BID...
THE unexpected concern and generosityof complete strangers has helped get aseverely burned toddler from Costa Rica toa pediatric burn center in Galveston, in theU.S....
TWO people died and hundredsmore were evacuated after intense rainscaused a landslide in Río Azul, a smallcommunity in the province of Cartago,10 kilometers east...
AFTER an “intense” search, policefound, dismantled and burned four moonshinefactories in the mountains of theCentral Valley province of Alajuela,northwest of San José, the Public...
THE National Statistics and CensusInstitute (INEC) this week began its annualMulti-Purpose Household Survey toobtain data about poverty, unemploymentrates and – new this year –...
SMALL and medium businesses inCosta Rica received a $116.8 millionboost this week to help their survival andgrowth under the pending CentralAmerican Free-Trade Agreement withthe...
THE number of reported cases of violencewithin the public education systemdropped by more than 10,000 in 2004, thePublic Education Ministry has announced– from 113,212...
SAFETY standards in public hospitalsvary broadly, often in proportion to theirage. Hospitals with aging sections, such asCalderón Guardia and San Juan de Dios,are more...
WHILE leaders of the world’s majorindustrial nations (the G-8) met inScotland last week for conversations onthe world’s poor and hungry, the leaders ofbanana-producing countries...
