WITH visions of dump trucks roaring past theirhomes, fears of pathogens oozing into their water supplyand phantom whiffs of trash already imagined in the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One of thehighest-profile trials to date of members ofthe Central American- and Los Angeles,California-based Mara Salvatrucha streetgang (MS-13) could bring death...
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – HonduranPresident Ricardo Maduro last weekexpressed his satisfaction with a recentevaluation by the International MonetaryFund (IMF) of his country’s progresstoward eligibility for...
GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) – AGuatemalan criminal court this week sentencedfive supporters of former dictatorEfraín Ríos Montt to 38 months of jail forverbally harassing indigenous...
THE concept of recycling slipped intothe minds of Costa Ricans with their firsttaste of canned beer.According to Sergio González, directorof the National Center for...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and governmentprosecutors are speaking outagainst a controversial management planthat outlines procedures for zoning anddevelopment in the Gandoca-ManzanilloNational Wildlife Refuge, on the southernCaribbean coast.The...
SANTANA Delivers: Legendary musician Carlos Santanascratched and wailed on two guitars before a near-capacitycrowd at the Saprissa Stadium in Tibás, north of San José,Wednesday...
IT would seem sensible that a hospitalshould ban smoking within its buildings.The dangers posed by cigarette smoke bothto smokers and other patients in delicatestates...
THE year’s first solar eclipse takesplace this afternoon and will be visiblethroughout Costa Rica.An annular effect, in which the moonappears centered like a bull’s...
PUBLIC institutions throughout thecountry – from the National Power andLight Company (CNFL) to the Ministryof Public Works and Transport (MOPT)– have until June to...
