Tico Times

With drug trafficking and the illegal transport of weapons over the border still major problems, U.S. officials are concerned that the new Mexican government seems less inclined to provide the same level of deep coordination with U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies that was offered by the administration of Felipe Calderón.

U.S. President Barack Obama has characterized his visit to Costa Rica on Friday and Saturday as a “moment of great promise.” Here are three areas that likely will be discussed by the U.S. president and his colleagues from Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Barefoot Gourmet, an organic food company started by former AOL Europe CEO Andreas Schmidt, plans to connect customers with pesticide-free produce from around Costa Rica.

Video features Ticos welcoming the U.S. president to the country.

The basic concept behind advanced biofuels, using bioengineered microorganisms to digest organic matter and produce hydrocarbons, is sound, Alan Shaw says. The flaw is basing an industry on plants.

The number of migrants from Central America who were arrested trying to enter the United States illegally last year nearly doubled, to 99,000.

Unemployment has reached a staggering 59 percent among Greece's under-25s.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had encouraged improved relations with Bolivia.

Washington accuses the communist-run island of harboring Colombian rebels, Basque militants and U.S. fugitives.

Writer John McPhaul takes a look at the similarities between battles in the U.S. to keep national parks in the public interest, and Costa Rica’s current dilemma of protecting its own parks.