FREEDOM of the press in Costa Ricabore the brunt of criticism from the U.S.State Department in the department’s annualHuman Rights Report released Monday,but this...
A preliminary audience began this week to determinewhether Osvaldo Villalobos, one of two brotherswho allegedly operated an illegal multimillion-dollarinvestment company that shut down in...
TEGUCIGALPA(EFE) – Honduras’parliament on Jan. 19 passed a new lawdesigned to lock up for decades young peopleconvicted of mere membership in astreet gang.Pressed by...
CHIEF Prosecutor Francisco Dall’Anese gavePresident Abel Pacheco a Christmas Eve surprise thisyear: on Dec. 24, the Prosecutor’s Office announcedit has reopened its investigation of...
FIGHTERS for press freedom won aresounding victory this year when theInter-American Court of Human Rightsruled in favor of Mauricio Herrera, areporter for the daily...
CULMINATING months of high-profilestruggles against the sex trade in CostaRica and a brilliant 15-year career fightingfor the rights of children throughout CentralAmerica, the director...
“THE AIDS epidemic is the most dramaticepidemic humanity has ever seen,”said Patricia Salgado, Costa Rica presidentof the Joint United Nations Programmeagainst HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), at...
EX-PRESIDENT José María Figueres (1994-1998)announced Wednesday he would not return to Costa Ricafrom Switzerland to explain his alleged connection to oneof the corruption scandals...
MEMBERS of the Legislative Assembly this weekissued an ultimatum to former Costa Rican PresidentJosé María Figueres, currently in Switzerland where hehas resided for the...
THE French press and the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commissionturned up the heat this week on Paris basedtelecommunications giant Alcatel,the alleged source of illegal payments...
The National Assembly of Nicaragua reformed the rules concerning an ambitious interoceanic canal project from 12 years ago and repealed another law that granted...
The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) invites nature lovers to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the creation of Braulio Carrillo National Park with...
According to the latest findings from the National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models (LANAMME-UCR), a concerning 35% of national roads in Costa Rica...
