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Video: Rainy season in Costa Rica (an homage)

Now that the afternoons are getting soggy again, we thought we’d revisit this video homage to “the green season,” a time of breathtaking clouds, verdant renewal and resourceful attempts to keep dry.

Uruguay to probe dictatorship crimes

Uruguay has created a commission to probe human rights violations perpetrated from 1968 to 1985 as the government cracked down brutally on a leftist rebellion.

Drugs hidden in Costa Rica exports pass unnoticed through ports

Costa Rica’s main port in Limón has been unable to bring two Chinese-donated X-ray scanners fully online six years after they were donated. The scanners lack Internet and electrical connections and can't be operated in the rain.

MADC exhibit ‘Over View’ showcases 47 videographers from 8 countries

“Over View” is a touring exhibit that features five Costa Rican videographers. This is good for the home team, and it’s exciting to see creative Costa Ricans featured prominently, but the exhibit’s real achievement is its diversity.

Op-ed: ‘Zombie’ Canadian mining company, Infinito Gold, stalks Costa Rica

Infinito Gold, the Calgary-based firm still fighting over its defunct open-pit gold mine project in Costa Rica, is one of 588 junior resource firms with negative working capital ($127 million) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange (TSXV).

US, Cuba sailors compete in first regatta since diplomatic thaw

At Havana's Hemingway marina before the event, the two sides got organized and chatted like old friends. They even carried some of each other's belongings in ride-along powerboats.

Turrialba Volcano evacuation zone expanded following increased activity

Due to the frequent explosions at Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission has expanded the evacuation zone surrounding the volcano from 2 kilometers to 5 kilometers.

Costa Rica unemployment reaches 10.1 percent

Unemployment in Costa Rica reached 10.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, a slight increase over the same period last year, the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) reported Tuesday.

China throws Brazil multi-billion dollar lifeline for jets, oil

China Development Bank and the Asian country's export credit financing agency agreed to provide a total of $7 billion in financing for Brazil's state-run energy company Petroleo Brasileiro. And Tianjin Airlines signed a contract to buy 22 jets from São Paulo-based Embraer.

Colombia landslide: Long clean-up, fading hope

SALGAR, Colombia – Residents of the Colombian town hit by a massive landslide began a difficult clean-up Tuesday, as rescuers resumed the increasingly hopeless search for those still missing after a disaster that claimed at least 64 lives.

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