"Life in Costa Rica isn’t perfect and it comes with its fair share of stresses, but in general I found the Costa Rican people to be genuinely kind, patient and proud of their country."
Taking its name from 1910 revolution hero Emiliano Zapata, the Zapatista National Liberation Army appeared the same day that the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force.
Mr. Thornton was an unarmed CIA driver with top-secret security clearance who every day happened to hold in his hands the lives of elite spymasters. "You learn not to be too curious," he said.
When we think poinsettia, we think Christmas plant. Fewer of us think about Central America or Mexico, but actually, that’s where poinsettias come from,...