THE Ministry of Public Educationhas announced that fewer students havedropped out of school this year, comparedto last year. Although four months remainin the school...
AS the U.S. presidential electionapproaches, Republicans Abroad CostaRica is stepping up efforts to register newvoters.Last Saturday, the group registered 16new voters during a voter...
A monument designed by U.S. artistRoland Hockett will be unveiled tomorrowin the park next to the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, inSabana Norte on...
SAILORS from the Costa RicanCoast Guard in Golfito, in the SouthernZone, rescued three youths found adriftSunday, “at the mercy of the sea and ingrave...
In an effort to calm cries that mandatoryvehicle inspections are too strict, governmentofficials this week reviewed a listof proposed changes to the inspections performedby...
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – HonduranPresident Ricardo Maduro this week saidhe considers the Central AmericanParliament (Parlacen) “unnecessary,” andasked Congress to suspend Honduran paymentsto the organization.“I am...
SAN CRISTÓBAL VERAPAZ,Guatemala – After a seven-hour occupationof the country’s main hydroelectricpower plant, a group of some 2,000campesinos on Tuesday night began negotiationswith the...
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) – The legalguidance office of the Archbishop of SanSalvador on Tuesday demanded thereopening of the 1980 murder case ofslain Archbishop Oscar...
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) – The presidentsof Central America will meet Sept.20 in New York with their Brazilian counterpartLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva to analyzea...
PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Panama’sPresident-elect, Martín Torrijos, who willtake office Sept. 1, made public this weekhis intentions to overcome the currentdiplomatic crisis that is...