Worst-case scenario for Costa Rica's group: Spain/Netherlands/Chile. Best-case scenario: Switzerland/Algeria/Croatia. We'll find out the draws on Friday morning.
More than six decades after President José Figueres Ferrer disbanded the armed forces in 1948, some Ticos want to see a more militarized approach to Costa Rica's problems with Nicaragua.
As the Christmas season approaches, my husband and I pray to God that the resources the Cuban government devotes to its armed forces and to the repression of the civilian population will instead be used to ameliorate the poverty and hunger of the Cuban people.
Despite the importance of developing new varieties of coffee to face a changing climate and a fickle international market, there is only one full-time researcher in Central America dedicated to coffee genetic diversity research.
