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Costa Rica labor minister resigns over hiring of family member

Labor Minister Víctor Morales resigned Tuesday amid growing criticism over the hiring of his niece for a job at the ministry, a violation of a code of ethics that he helped promote.

Lula is the big test for Petrobras prosecutors

The worries for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seem to have no end.

VIDEO: Argentina’s coast guard sinks Chinese fishing boat in South Atlantic

Argentina's coast guard sank a Chinese fishing boat that attacked when authorities tried to stop it for illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, officials said Tuesday.

In closing arguments, Costa Rica prosecutors seek acquittal of suspect in Jairo Mora trial

LIMÓN – At least one of seven defendants accused of the 2013 killing of Costa Rica sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora likely will walk after prosecutors sought Monday to drop homicide charges against him, citing a lack of evidence.

Preventive detention extended for suspect in killing of Florida aid worker in Costa Rica

Costa Rican authorities have extended preventive detention of the main suspect in the slaying of U.S. aid worker Sondra Elizondo last December.

Waging peace in Colombia

All of my predecessors over the past five decades attempted to make peace with the FARC, the largest and oldest guerrilla army to have emerged in Latin America. They all failed. So why has this peace process proved successful?

Radiohead announces 2016 world tour ahead of possible new album

Radiohead fans are getting a ton of good news this year with the band's rumored upcoming ninth studio album and the announcement that several 2016 dates will be extended into a full tour, the band announced on Twitter on Monday.

It’s time to end the war on drugs

In April of this year, U.N. member states will meet at for the first U.N. General Assembly Special Session on Drugs since 1998. At the last meeting the international community committed to achieving a “drug free world.” This time it can move into the post “war on drugs” era.

Swords into ploughshares, guns into art

What artist would want his workshop to be located in the Ministry of Public Security? One who is using decommissioned guns to send a powerful message about peace: Juan Carlos Chavarría.

A Birdwatcher’s Paradise: Quetzals in Costa Rica’s Highlands

COPEY DE DOTA, San José — I had already decided our quetzal quest was a bust, and I wished the guide would give up...

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