FORMER marina operator Jim McKee could havesaid “I told you so,” but he didn’t. His worst fears aboutwhat would result when government officials closed...
EMERGENCY officials in Escazú, west of SanJosé, are warning residents and hikers in the protectedhills above the town that more big mudslides arepossible during...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – A hundredand fifty years after U.S. mercenaryWilliam Walker declared himselfPresident of Nicaragua, a lesser-knownideologue from Managua is hoping tobecome the first...
COSTA Rica ranks 35th of 167nations included in the Reporters WithoutBorders (RSF) 2004 press-freedom index,released yesterday, making it the second highest-ranked Latin American countrybehind...
CONSTRUCTION on a tunnel crucialfor the development of the La JoyaHydroelectric Dam project in Tucurrique,Cartago, east of San José, was halted Oct.22 by the...
MINISTER of Public Works andTransport Ovidio Pacheco resigned thisweek, citing personal health problemsaggravated by myriad problems in thegovernment agency he headed for barelysix weeks.In...
THREE family members were killedduring a landslide Oct. 21 on Isla Violín,an island near Sierpe de Osa, on thesouthern Pacific coast, the daily LaNación...
OFFICIALS from the Environmentand Energy Ministry (MINAE) workingin the Northern Zone have been confoundedby a band of tree-thieves conductingrogue logging in protected areas.MINAE’s regional...
A new butterfly species unique toCosta Rica’s Southern Zone was presentedas the symbol of the 15th anniversaryof the National Biodiversity Institute(INBio), located in Heredia,...
