IMMIGRATION authorities uncovered123 cases of marriages by foreignersto Costa Ricans last year allegedly stagedto gain resident status here – a practicethat has become increasingly...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco will travelto Ecuador Jan. 25 to attend a summiton how Latin American countries willhandle pending banana tariff changes inthe European Union...
RESIDENTS and visitors in CostaRica consumed 5.7% more oil in 2004compared to 2003, according to NationalOil Refinery (RECOPE) statistics publishedin the daily Al Día.Last...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (EFE) - TheUnited States is extending until late 2006the Temporary Protected Status of roughly250,000 Salvadoran immigrants whoseremittances are crucial to their homeland’seconomy,...
GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) -Guatemalan authorities last weekenddeclared a state of alert following threevolcanic eruptions within just days ofeach other.National disaster office spokesmanHugo Hernández said...
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) - HonduranPresident Ricardo Maduro this weekannounced that the issues of regionalsecurity, Central American integration andsupport for a common candidate for secretarygeneral of...
TUGUCIGALPA – As a single mother,Fani Fuentes supported her three childrenon a salary of less than $200 a monthworking at Honduras’ Gildan Activewareclothing-assembly plant.She...
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – Honduranpolice this week captured a member ofthe Mara Salvatrucha street gang suspectedof participating in the Dec. 23 massacreof 28 people on...
A Starbucks float dedicated to CostaRican coffee growers was a hit at the116th Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena,California, on New Year’s Day, winningthe Excellence...
OFFICIALS from Riteve SyC willtestify Wednesday before a special governmentcommission that is studyingwhether to annul the firm’s controversialgovernment contract to perform mandatorytechnical vehicle inspections...