As the battle to protect Costa Rica’s national parks continues, Environment and Energy Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez this week said the Environment Ministry is...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco and Jamaican Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson, in representation of 14 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Tuesday signed the...
The 20-day trip kicked off Sept. 17 in the Caribbean coastal town of Puerto Viejo, and will finish in the second week of October at the center of San José. Rojas is now on the third stage of the trip, in Guanacaste, and has visited national parks, nature reserves, and beaches, among other destinations.
Conservationists hope unmanned aerial vehicles can help fight illegal fishing in Costa Rica's Cocos Island National Park. Similar drones have been used in South Africa to fight rhino poaching in national parks there.
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís attended the signing ceremony, saying the planned geothermal projects “will not interfere with territory in national parks.” Instead, he said they involve “new technologies that permit the exploration and utilization of wells without damaging conservation areas.”
“Our national parks are under siege, some of the most pristine forests in Central America are being logged out, while exotic birds are being extracted,” says Belize’s ambassador to the U.S.
Honduras’s leading presidential candidates, with elections less than a month away, accused each other this weekend of preparing alleged electoral fraud. On Thursday, left-wing...
The Canadian government has refreshed its travel guidance for visitors heading to Costa Rica, maintaining a call for high caution because of widespread crime....
The suspects, arrested last month in a coordinated operation, include Michael Corella Amador, a Public Force officer known by the alias Rojo, along with...
