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US’ all-time top scorer Landon Donovan to retire at end of season

LOS ANGELES – Landon Donovan, the USA's all-time top scorer who was left out of the national squad for the World Cup in Brazil, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the MLS season.

Latin America, Israel trade after trading insults

It's a long way from Tel Aviv to Brasilia, but the journey just got a bit longer.

A rainbow run, a pop-up store, and other happenings around Costa Rica

A roundup of the best events going on August 8-14.

Costa Rica unveils partnership with Oxford University to tackle persistent poverty

Costa Rica will begin using the multi-dimensional poverty index (MPI) developed by the English university in the hope of more effectively leveraging the country’s social assistance programs to tackle extreme poverty.

Nicaragua’s Contra War: A Journey Through Amnesty in 1987

On Aug. 7, 1987, five Central American presidents signed a peace accord known as Esquipulas II, named after the city in Guatemala where the...

Drought hits Central America’s crops, cattle

BOACO, Nicaragua – The last raindrop fell three months ago, forcing Carlos Román to take his cattle further and further away to find water and keep them alive in Nicaragua's northeastern farmlands.

Haiti’s former President Aristide faces corruption probe

Once a beacon of hope and salvation for the poor, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is now facing a money laundering, corruption and drug trafficking probe, officials said Thursday.

In Guatemala City’s Zone 4, a new effort at urban renewal

GUATEMALA CITY – The streets of the Guatemalan capital’s Zona 4 are a mix of quirky cafes and bars, graffiti, mechanics, parking lots and boarded-up buildings. At one end, passing cars are surrounded by shuco hustlers – men selling Guatemalan-style hot dogs – while on the other, dilapidated paint work stands beside new apartment buildings and office spaces.

Poet Luis Chaves wins coveted German artist residency

For the past two decades, Chaves’ career has grown exponentially. Now he is the first Costa Rican to be accepted to the Berliner Künstlerprogramm.

Right of Reply: No geothermal projects underway in Costa Rica’s nat’l parks

The article contains totally inaccurate statements that contradict the truth, transparency and seriousness that is required to cover the issue of geothermal energy production currently underway in the outskirts of the Rincón de la Vieja volcanic mountain range.

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