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Costa Rica Neighborhood La Carpio gets a Bad Rap

On a recent trip to Costa Rica, I had the good fortune of traveling with a local through the downtown neighborhoods of the capitol,...

Behind closed doors, trial starts for Nicaragua opposition figure

Nicaraguan opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro, detained since June last year while planning an election challenge to President Daniel Ortega, went on trial behind closed...

Costa Rica President Participates In Munich Security Conference

Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado participated virtually this Saturday in the Munich Security Conference. The primary focus of the conference was the potential for...

United States asks Honduras to extradite ex-president suspected of drug trafficking

The United States has asked Honduras to extradite former president Juan Orlando Hernandez who is suspected of drug trafficking, a Honduran official told AFP...

Nicaraguan Revolutionary Hero Dies In Jail As Ortega Political Prisoner

Hugo Torres was a revered Sandinista guerilla leader that helped overthrow former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza and the only revolutionary that participated in the...

Nicaragua asks El Salvador to Settle Maritime Dispute at ICJ

Nicaragua on Tuesday accused El Salvador of maintaining hostile actions in its maritime space in the Pacific Ocean and invited it to resolve eventual...

Costa Rica’s Presidential Ballot Rivals: Figueres and Chaves

Former president José María Figueres and former minister Rodrigo Chaves will define in a ballot on April 3 who will be the next president...

How and Where to Vote For Costa Rican Expats

Whether living within Costa Rican’s magnificent country or having settled elsewhere on other ventures, there is one thing you can always count on, a...

Voting in Costa Rica and the Upcoming Election

As you travel along the roads of Costa Rica you are quickly reminded of the upcoming election. Whether it be a dirt road through...

President of Costa Rica Partially Veto’s Medical Cannabis Bill

President Alvarado formally announced what many people had already expected, when he partially vetoed the bill that would legalize the trade and cultivation of...
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Coco Gauff retires with left arm injury as Alexandra Eala advances at Indian Wells

Coco Gauff was forced to retire from her third-round match at Indian Wells on Sunday, sending Alexandra Eala into the round of 16 after...

United States Advances Major Economic Pact With Cuba

The Trump administration is preparing an economic deal with Cuba that could be announced soon. President Donald Trump said Saturday that Cuban officials want...

Women march in Venezuela for freedom of female political prisoners on Women’s Day

Under the slogan They Count, hundreds of activists and relatives of female political prisoners marched this Sunday in Caracas as part of International Women’s...

Zverev Grinds Out Three-Set Thriller Over Nakashima at Indian Wells

Alexander Zverev was tested to the limit but found a way through on Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open, outlasting a determined Brandon Nakashima...