Environment vice minister signs executive decree authorizing park rangers to carry firearms in protected areas and giving rangers higher pay for performing police duties, following murder of turtle conservationist on May 31.
Costa Rican politicians took an aggressive stance against comments by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that some believe have been exaggerated during a march in Guanacaste on Thursday.
President Laura Chinchilla plans to march in protest over Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's statement about "reclaiming" Guanacaste, as Costa Rica's consulate remains closed in Managua following demonstrations there.
After the Costa Rican legislature failed to take up a request to allow a U.S. Navy ship to enter Tico territory to deliver three prisoners and more than 900 kilograms of seized cocaine, authorities will make the exchange in risky conditions on the high seas.
