THE governments of Honduras andEl Salvador tightened security at foreignembassies this week following intelligenceinformation that terrorist networkal-Qaeda and other Islamic extremistgroups are planning attacks,...
DURING the first semester of thisyear the country’s infant mortality ratedropped to 9.29 deaths for every 1,000births – its lowest level in 20 years....
TEN months after the killing of 76-yearoldhotel owner and retired U.S. MerchantMarine Percy Lee Wilhelm Jr., known to hisfriends as “Lucky,” one suspect remains...
POLICE working before dawnWednesday broke up many of the roadblocksthat had paralyzed the country fortwo days, in some cases throwing tear-gasgrenades into the cabs...
COSTA Rican President AbelPacheco this week said U.S. filmmakerMichael Moore’s portrayal of Costa Ricain his controversial film “Fahrenheit9/11” as one of the countries that...
A Canadian tourist was killed Sundayduring a white-water rafting trip on thePacuare River, representatives of theCosta Rican tour company RíosTropicales announced.The victim, 19-year-old college...
HIGH oil and steel prices, rising interestrates and a slowing economy havesparked concern in the country’s constructionindustry. Recent construction numbersand business confidence surveys have...
WHEN Riteve SyC last month begancharging for re-inspection of vehicles thatfail to meet national standards on brakes,lights and emissions, it apparently was thelast straw...
FORMER U.S. ambassador to CostaRica John Danilovich has begun work athis new position as U.S. ambassador toBrazil. Danilovich was U.S. ambassadorto Costa Rica from...
