Lucas Drummond, 16, died during a fall while rappelling down a rock face in Santa Ana, in west San José, on April 4. Drummond, an experienced climber, was leading an expedition of four along with a Costa Rican supervisors, but he was believed to be out of sight when the fatal fall occurred.
The lunar eclipse starts at 10:50 p.m. tonight, but the phase when the eclipse will shine most brightly is between 1 a.m. and 2:20 a.m. local time. However the light show might be dimmed in most of Costa Rica due to cloud cover.
Nicaraguans awoke in a panic Monday morning when a magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook Managua, the capital, following temblors last week killed one, injured almost 40 and left another 2,000 with partially or totally destroyed homes.
VALPARAÍSO, Chile – More than 8,000 people were evacuated Sunday as an army of firefighters battled a killer blaze that tore through parts of Chile's historic port of Valparaíso and left at least 12 people dead.
After Panama requested an urgent meeting last month at the Organization of American States to discuss the deteriorating situation in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro ruptured diplomatic ties with the Central American nation, accusing “the lackey government of a right-wing president” of plotting with Washington to intervene in Venezuela.
SAN JOSÉ DEL GOLFO, Guatemala – An uncomfortable tension filled the air in the village of San José del Golfo, 28 kilometers northeast of Guatemala City, last Thursday. Driving through the streets, pairs of armed Civil National Police (PNC) could be seen standing “guard” at a fried chicken restaurant, in front of the public health center, and near a block of well-kept homes with flower gardens.
For many years, the monument stood in Alajuela’s Prospero Fernandez Park, but after the piece was vandalized, it was moved to the sculpture garden at the Museum of Costa Rican Art in La Sabana Park.
