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Mexico’s 100-year bond bonanza shows panic fading

Investors who missed a windfall from Mexico's 100-year bonds still have a chance to profit.

Transport chaos, World Cup security fears hit Brazil

A bus drivers' strike unleashed transport turmoil Wednesday in São Paulo, 22 days before it hosts the opening match of the World Cup as Brazil's criminal investigation police staged a partial walkout.

Diplomat-turned-scholar Héctor Silva exposes police corruption in El Salvador

Nearly 20 years later, journalist, diplomat and now published author Héctor Silva Ávalos still cannot get that afternoon in late 1995 out of his head.

Honduran Garifuna seek help from international court in Costa Rica to recover land

Honduras' Garifuna people on Tuesday asked an international court to help them recover ancestral land, which they say has been lost to development and is threatening their culture.

Casa Presidencial announces all public events will have sign language interpretation

Estefanía Carvajal, a Costa Rican sign language interpreter, was a common sight alongside candidate Luis Guillermo Solís during his successful presidential campaign and Tuesday the president announced that Carvajal would join his press team at Casa Presidencial.

As teacher strike continues, government announces plan to distribute back pay

As the teachers’ strike entered its third week and a possible general strike loomed, Education Minister Sonia Mora announced an agreement with the Costa Rican Banking Association to pay thousands of teachers back pay dating back six months in some cases.

Costa Rica and Bahamas send El Salvador financial reports on fugitive ex-President Flores

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Officials in El Salvador reported Tuesday that Costa Rica and the Bahamas have collaborated with an investigation of ex-President Francisco Flores by sending financial statements and other banking information to prosecutors, who accuse Flores of misappropriating $15 million in state funds.

US Senate panel approves Venezuela sanctions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday greenlighted new sanctions on Venezuelan officials responsible for violent crackdowns against anti-government student protesters that have left 42 people dead.

‘Ghost Stories’: Pretty pale stuff from Coldplay

"Ghost Stories" is Coldplay's first album since lead singer Chris Martin's separation from Gwyneth Paltrow launched a thousand conscious uncoupling jokes.

High-profile murder retrial underway in Costa Rica for US expat Ann Patton

Ann Maxin Patton, 43, was in court again today in San Isidro de El General for a retrial on charges that she murdered her husband, U.S. financier John Felix Bender, 44, in a bizarre incident at their jungle mansion in 2010.

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