Five years after the passage of the controversial free trade agreement, a World Bank report says that Costa Rica benefits more from CAFTA than any of its Central American neighbors.
A long-lasting and valuable project sprang out of a Guatemala City dump and is still going strong 20 years later, thanks to a dedicated photojournalist and the hundreds of kids and volunteers who passed through the program.
The Puerto Rican reggaeton masters blend an eclectic mix of raunchy lyrics, messages of social empowerment and promotion of Latin American culture. Now they’re teaming up with one of the world’s most well known freedom of information advocates.
In 2011, shark-finners sought to beat Costa Rican law by hacking away shark's flesh and leaving the spinal column. Two years later, Interpol issues an alert about the technique, prompted by the Costa Rican government.
For a third time in recent weeks, police have found a clandestine site with evidence that points to drugs and arms trafficking. Residents reported seeing a green helicopter flying low in the area. No arrests were made on Friday.
Dynamite, longline fishing and disease were the top suspects Thursday, but now scientists have found an unusual stain in the water they believe could be red tide. Experts ruled out the theory that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan could be to blame.
Peñas Blancas, on the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, accounts for a fifth of the total drug seizures in Costa Rica this year. In the latest bust, Costa Rican cops seized 430 kilos of cocaine from a passenger bus headed to Guatemala.
