Nearly nine months after a panel of Costa Rican judges found Ann Patton guilty of killing her wealthy U.S. husband in 2010 and sentenced her to 22 years in prison, she suddenly found herself a free woman on Thursday.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Masked intelligence service agents arrested the mayor of Caracas on Thursday over what socialist President Nicolás Maduro alleges was a coup plot financed by the United States and directed "from Washington."
The Festival began in 2012 as a project of the Costa Rican Center for Cinematographic Production, inspired by various film festivals taking place in both Latin America and Europe. Its mission: to bring audiovisual art forms to parts of Costa Rica beyond the Central Valley.
Ann Patton, a U.S. citizen found guilty of killing her husband, U.S. financier John Felix Bender, in Costa Rica in 2010, was released from prison Thursday after an appellate judge overturned her 22-year sentence, a family friend confirmed to The Tico Times. Patton was serving preventive detention while judges reviewed the May 2014 conviction.
Four members of the Honduran military police are accused of attempting to kidnap a shop owner in the capital. One of them allegedly had an outstanding arrest warrant.
CARACAS, Venezuela – The Venezuelan bolivar opened Thursday at 172 to the dollar on the first day of a government sponsored exchange meant to compete with the black market.
“The United States and all countries south of us should and need to do business with each other. ... There’s no need to go to China when you have Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia and Chile."
