Guatemala is one of the lowest per-capita generators of carbon emissions in Latin America, but one of the countries most at-risk for the consequences of climate change.
People travel to Costa Rica from all over the world to behold the resplendent quetzal, a rare bird that still thrives in the town of San Gerardo de Dota.
Animal rights activists are celebrating the Environment Ministry's decision to close Costa Rica's two public zoos next May. However, zoo administrators are not going out without a fight and plan to take the case to court.
Judicial Investigation Police said the suspects were attempting to smuggle the Nepalese men to the Nicaraguan border, in an attempt to reach the United States.
The voyage of the freighter Chong Chon Gang to Cuba, far from the Chinese waters where it normally operates, is not the first time a ship from the isolated communist country has followed that route.
