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Costa Rican journalist attacked, injured by mob at crime scene

Telenoticias reporter Álvaro Sánchez was attacked by a mob while covering a news story on Monday night in Desamparados, south of Costa Rica's capital. He suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Rescued Costa Rican monkeys star in IKEA commercial

Howler, capuchin and spider monkeys are making an international media splash as the stars of a new IKEA commercial filmed at the Jaguar Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast.

NBC permanently replaces disgraced star news anchor Brian Williams

NEW YORK – NBC on Thursday announced a permanent replacement for disgraced star news anchor Brian Williams and shifted him to sister cable network MSNBC over his embellishment of an Iraq war story.

Grupo Nación begins charging for online content

The daily La Nación and the weekly El Financiero on Tuesday began charging a monthly readership membership of ₡3,000 ($5.50).

Solís looks to reset relations with Costa Rican media

Solís signed the Declaration of Chapultepec on Wednesday, a commitment that "No law or act of government may limit freedom of expression or of the press, whatever the medium.”

President Solís sacks technology minister over media ‘gag law’

La Nación reported that many of the draft legislation’s most controversial articles were copied from media laws in Venezuela and Ecuador, nations that have been criticized for restrictions on the press.
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NGO urges protection for family of murdered Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez

A Honduran organization demanded protection on Wednesday for the family and colleagues of environmentalist Juan López, who was murdered on September 14. The 46-year-old...

Costa Rica’s Tourism Industry Divided: Low-Cost Flight Bill Advances

The Legislative Assembly approved, in the first debate, a bill to promote low-cost flights between Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, supported by...

Save the Children Denies Child Trafficking Allegations in Guatemala

The NGO Save the Children denied being involved in the trafficking of migrant children in Guatemala, a day after the prosecutor's office raided five...