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New Sexual Assault in Costa Rica’s Southern Caribbean concerns Tourism Industry

The Costa Rica Chamber of Tourism has called an emergency meeting to address security issues and foreign tourists, especially in the Southern Caribbean as...

Costa Rica approves law against child abuse prepared by alleged victims of priest

Costa Rica’s congress approved on Tuesday a bill that extends the statute of limitations for the crime of sexual abuse of minors.

Óscar Arias, Costa Rica’s former president and a Nobel Prize winner, accused of sexual assault, per reports

The victim said she had been invited to Arias' house to deliver more information regarding an anti-nuclear armament campaign they had been discussing.  

Landmark sexual slavery case in Guatemala examines use of rape as weapon of war

A groundbreaking sexual slavery trial that began in Guatemala on Feb. 1 has exposed how the systematic rape of indigenous women has been used by landowners and the armed forces for over a century as a strategy to subdue native communities.

Peace Corps volunteers petition to reinstate sexual assault victims’ advocate

Two hundred current and returned Peace Corps volunteers around the world have signed a petition to the U.S. Congress to reinstate an outspoken advocate for victims of sexual assault who was pushed out four years after lawmakers demanded that the agency show it was serious about volunteers' security.

Cosby’s wife forced to testify in defamation case over sexual-assault allegations

In just days, Bill Cosby's wife will be questioned under oath in a lawsuit brought by seven women who claim that many years ago her husband sexually abused them.

‘Finally, we’re all validated’: Bill Cosby’s alleged victims react to his arraignment

To the numerous women who have accused Bill Cosby of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them, the announcement that Cosby had been criminally charged with felony aggravated indecent assault Wednesday spelled relief and, on some level, vindication.

U.S. man accused of soliciting a minor for sex in Costa Rica says he is being extorted

Reza Ray Ehsan, a 57-year-old family physician from Los Angeles, California, is being charged in Costa Rica for soliciting sex from a girl under 18 years of age.

Santa Teresa: Women sexually assaulted at river crossing

Four French tourists were robbed and sexually assaulted by armed men wearing masks north of Santa Teresa last week when they stopped at a river to see if it was safe to drive across, police and area residents said.

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