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Traffic Law Weakened

Lawmakers voted this week to soften key points of Costa Rica's new, strict Transit Law that took effect earlier this month with the aim...

U.S. Sen. Dodd: Diplomacy is ‘Always Complicated’

MANAGUA – Acknowledging “areas of concern,” yet hesitant to define U.S.- Nicaraguan relations as troubled, U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, the senior member of the...

Amnesty Bill Shows Depth of Corruption

MANAGUA – An attempt by opposition Liberal lawmakers to pass a big-tent amnesty law that would include all ex-government officials from the past three...

Unidad Picks Fishman as Presidential Candidate

Costa Rica’s center-right Social Christian Unity Party (La Unidad) is forging ahead toward the February 2010 elections with the party’s president, Luis Fishman, as...

Costa Rica’s reeling right picks Fishman to charge on to 2010 elections

Costa Rica´s center-right Social Christian Unity Party (La Unidad) moved to forge ahead toward the February 2010 elections Saturday, choosing the party´s president, Luis...

Calderón Convicted

Inking a new chapter in the country’s history books, judges on Monday sentenced a former Costa Rican president to five years in prison and...

2010 election bell has sounded

Marching closer to the February 2010 vote, the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) sounded an official kick-off to the campaign season on Wednesday. To an audience...

Two Stories From a Costa Rican Jail

Christine Wenger-Bartee, formerly of California in the United States, is close to completing four months as a prisoner in a Costa Rican jail. The 50-year-old...

Calderón trial reaching closure

The court case that´s jeopardized the career and legacy of a former president of Costa Rica and caused one of the country´s leading political...

Amnesty: Nicaragua’s maternal death rate increases under total abortion ban

Nicaragua´s total ban on abortions is contributing to an increase in maternal deaths across the country by denying girls and women potentially life-saving treatment,...

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Costa Rica’s President Seeks Citizen Vote on Reforms

As previously announced, President Rodrigo Chaves confirmed he will seek to call a referendum on several bills being promoted by his administration. During his...

Reviving Panama’s Lost Economic Boom

Among lettuces and sacks of potatoes, Doralicia Moreno, a vendor at Panama's largest market, complains that "customer turnout is minimal" and longs for the...

Guatemalan Anti-Drug Congressman Arrested for Narcotics

A former Guatemalan congressman, who was tasked with combating drug trafficking, was arrested in the United States, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking...

Red, White, and Pura Vida! Patriots’ Plane Makes Surprise Visit to Costa Rica

The arrival of the plane was documented by Tomás Cubero, who has been an airplane spotter for 20 years. It is his hobby to...

Panama Faces Uncertain Election Amid Corruption and Crisis

Panama will hold unprecedented elections on Sunday, marked by the challenge to the candidacy of former President Ricardo Martinelli's protégé, the favorite to win...
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