The ExpoVino wine convention in Belén, which opened Wednesday and continues Thursday and Friday, invites the public to taste wines from all over the world.
Guatemala's El Fuego volcano, just 50 km from the capital, roared back to life on Wednesday, spewing ash high into the air, disaster safety officials said. Experts said potential eruptions in the afternoon could affect air traffic, though no interruptions had been reported at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
It isn’t looking good for Chinese billionaire Wang Jing and his planned $50 billion Nicaragua canal project. New financial, social and environmental concerns have cast doubt on the feasibility of the proposed interoceanic canal, and construction has now been delayed until March.
Sepp Blatter may have already spent his final days as the head of FIFA, as the association's tribunal reportedly voted to suspend the president for 90 days following news that Swiss authorities had opened up a criminal investigation into Blatter's suspected mishandling of FIFA money.
Costa Rican stars Keylor Navas and Bryan Oviedo return to the national team after long layoffs, as the 23-man selection looks for its second straight win on Thursday when it takes on South Africa.
An indigenous rights issue has put Costa Rica’s much-vaunted human rights record to the test as the country struggles to protect members of the Bribrí and Teribe indigenous communities from non-indigenous people who have forcibly, and at times violently, removed them from indigenous ancestral lands.
Now in its third edition, the contest, which challenges students from the university's Collective Communication Science Department to produce a short film in just two days, resulted in 10 films showcased Oct. 2 at the UCR Law School Auditorium.
Two indigenous groups in the Amazon have taken radical action to reduce illegal logging, tying up loggers, torching their trucks and tractors, and kicking them off the reserves. As a result, such logging has sharply declined in these territories.
