GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) –President Oscar Berger Tuesday eveninggracefully negotiated a ceasefire with thousandsof protesting workers, students andindigenous who earlier that day blockedmajor highways and...
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) –Embattled banker Francisco Alvarado, afriend of former President Alfonso Portillo(2000-2004), was arrested Tuesday onsuspicion of fraud, according to governmentsources.Alvarado, who was...
THE United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) has announced it willdonate $630,000 to Costa Rica to helpeliminate the use of Chlorofluorocarbons(CFC), which most scientists agree damagethe...
IN a conference titled “Biotechnologyfor Everyone: The Genes that We Eat,”visiting Spanish expert Daniel RamónVidal will head a discussion of foodbiotechnology at the University...
PRELIMINARY work on a hydroelectricdam project in the remote area ofPocosol, in the Northern Zone, was haltedafter the San Ramón MunicipalCouncil decided that the...
POISONOUS gases on the grounds ofthe industrial park Metro Free Zone inBarreal de Heredia, northwest of San José,prompted the evacuation of an estimated1,800 workers...
A week after a violent riot erupted in LaCarpio, the landfill company that residentshad protested announced it is suing theMunicipality of San José, and...
EBI BERTHIER, a Canadian companythat manages the only landfill for theSan José area, is endeavoring to produceelectricity using methane gas fromthe garbage deposited there.The...
GANDOCA, Limón – Since being fittedwith a satellite transmitter nearly twoweeks ago, Purra, a large female leatherbackturtle, appears to have been content tostay near...
ALREADY known as the “City ofCulture,” Heredia, 11 kilometers north ofSan José, is taking steps to make its culturalofferings more accessible and invitingwith the...