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Colombia, FARC rebels sign key deal on victims

Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas signed an agreement Tuesday on paying reparations and providing justice for victims of their half-century conflict, a key breakthrough after three years of peace talks.

FARC rebel pleads guilty to taking US hostages in 2003

Diego Alfonso Navarete Beltrán faces the possibility of a maximum sentence of life in prison for participating in the kidnapping of U.S. defense contractors Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell in 2003 after their plane made an emergency landing during an anti-drug surveillance mission.
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Western Union Cuts Could Hit More Than 1,000 Jobs in Costa Rica

Western Union will shrink its Costa Rica operations center and move jobs to Guatemala, Lithuania and the Philippines.

Billfish: Another Step Forward in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Some important decisions arrive with headlines, prohibitions, and grand speeches. Others seem much more modest. Last week in Lisbon, we saw one of the...

Costa Rica Braces for Higher Fuel Prices as Oil Climbs Back Above $100

Global oil prices climbed back above $100 a barrel this week, and the increase is on course to reach Costa Rica's gas stations within...

Lawmakers Question Cuts to Quake and Volcano Monitoring Hours Before Uvita Tremor

Legislators on the Legislative Assembly's budget committee are challenging a reduction in 2027 funding for the scientific networks that monitor earthquakes, volcanoes and weather...