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Why Costa Ricans want Mexico to lose in the World Cup

Mexico plays its first World Cup match today at 10 a.m. versus Cameroon. And you can bet Ticos will be rooting against Mexico. A new poll by YouGov and The New York Times' Upshot confirmed this ostensible feeling as fact.

Brazil tops Croatia in World Cup opener behind Neymar and a suspect call

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – As a nearly full moon glowed beyond a corner of Arena de São Paulo on Thursday evening, strange events seized the first match of the World Cup. A bank of lights at the flawed stadium flickered off, casting an eerie shadow as Brazil and Croatia played on.

The intellectual architect of the US’ modern war on drugs has died

Myles Ambrose, a onetime commissioner of the U.S. Customs Bureau who was tapped as the federal government's drug czar during the Nixon administration and who helped organize the Drug Enforcement Administration, died June 3 at a hospital in Leesburg, Virginia. He was 87.

Central American migrants overwhelm Border Patrol station in Texas

MCALLEN, Texas – Behind the beige brick facade and the barbed wire of the Border Patrol station here, crowds of Central American women and children are sleeping on concrete floors in 90 degree heat.

Police in Costa Rica rescue starving toucan from abandoned house

Officials at the Ballena National Marine Park had an unexpected guest for a day when members of the Tourist Police discovered a starving toucan...

Indictment over hacking of Bush family emails

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Romanian using the online moniker "Guccifer" was indicted Thursday on U.S. charges of hacking into email accounts of high-profile people including family of former presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush.

45 percent of Ticos think they can get HIV from a mosquito bite, says University of Costa Rica report

A shocking new study from the University of Costa Rica found that over 75 percent of young Costa Ricans surveyed do not know how HIV is transmitted or contracted.

Police carry out 9 anti-drug raids in Limón, arrest 4

Judicial Investigation Police also announced another 1.9 metric ton seizure of cocaine in the Pacific beach town of Playas del Coco.

Solís outlines plans for Costa Rica in first Washington appearance as president

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Luis Guillermo Solís made his Washington debut as Costa Rica’s 47th president Thursday morning, speaking on an array of issues ranging from honesty in government to Central American integration and the fight against drug trafficking.

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