Since its establishment in 1982, Food For The Poor has provided more than $10 billion in aid to poor people in 17 countries throughout Central America and the Caribbean.
Three checks from Taiwan for $1 million, $4 million and $5 million were issued by the Bank of New York, endorsed by Francisco Flores and received by a branch of Banco Cuscatlán in Costa Rica.
Japan says it conducts vital scientific research using a loophole in an international ban on whaling, but makes no secret of the fact that the mammals ultimately end up as food.
The official count is 64 bodies unearthed from 35 graves in and around a vine-entangled brick building along a dirt road toward the riverbend known as "The Great Corner." The dead have not been identified.
