There are no precise figures on how many minors have been recruited by leftist guerrilla groups, right-wing paramilitaries and drug gangs in Colombia's long-running, tangled conflict. But the state-run Family Wellbeing Institute says it has helped more than 5,000 child recruits since 1999.
MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE, Puntarenas — The guide said there was a poisonous little snake that lived somewhere along this section of the trail,...
Noelia Villalobos, executive director of the Specialty Coffee Association of Costa Rica, said that they have never seen so many high quality coffees before.
Costa Rica expects 40 percent of traffic that currently goes through Peñas Blancas in Guanacaste to shift to Las Tablillas. That could include unauthorized Nicaraguan immigrants.
A U.S. passenger train was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour -- twice the speed limit -- when it derailed in Philadelphia, investigators said Wednesday. At least seven people were killed.
Since its inception, the road project that parallels the San Juan River and the Nicaraguan border has been a political nightmare. But for all its controversy, the road itself has largely been a mystery to the general public.
