After the World Health Organization warned in March that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," President Santos's cabinet called into question whether to continue the air war on coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine.
Costa Rica ranked 45 out of a 179 countries in this year's State of the World's Mothers index from NGO Save the Children. In Latin America, only Argentina (36) and Cuba (40) ranked higher.
Three people have died during weeks of protests against the Tía María copper mine in Peru. Local residents say the project will pollute their water and damage agriculture.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina announced Friday that his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, was resigning after one of her top aides was accused of participating in a customs bribery ring.
The aggressions against lawmakers Epsy Campbell and Maureen Clarke began in late April when the congresswomen asked the culture ministry to withdraw funding for a musical adaptation of the controversial novel Cocorí.
In an ironic twist in Honduras' turbulent recent politics, the country's high court struck down a provision of the constitution last month that prohibited former and sitting presidents from seeking re-election. Zelaya was ousted largely because he sought to make the same change.
An unassuming ecolodge near Turrialba, Costa Rica, offers a magnificent forest, cool accommodations, local poetry and even a star-crossed lovers' tale with a happy ending.
The production does a fantastic job channeling the fashion and feel of an earlier time, but it's impossible to see "West Side Story" today without thinking about how much hasn't changed.
