Last week the president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, celebrated the OECD invitation to begin negotiations on the country's accession in 2005, calling it a "recognition of all that we have been moving forward as a country."
Chinchilla said at...
The world famous Cirque du Soleil has started in Costa Rica, where they present "Varekai" for the first time in history.
The functions, which kicked off Friday night and will conclude on June 30, are almost sold out although tickets...
Latin America News - Inter American Press Association, or IAPA, president Jaime Mantilla said in an interview with EFE that organized crime, drug trafficking, and authoritarian governments were the greatest threats to freedom of the press in Latin America.
"Now...
Latin America News – Brazil: Hundreds of Brazilian Indians reoccupied a rural property in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the latest episode of tensions between indigenous groups and the powerful lobby of farmers.
Terena tribe says that...
An environmentalist who protected leatherback turtles off the coast of Costa Rica in the Caribbean was found dead Friday at a beach used by drug traffickers, authorities said.
The Judicial Investigation Organization of Costa Rica said in a statement that...
Costa Rica authorities said this past week that there was over 100 million dollars that moved through this country via Liberty Reserve accounts, company accused this week in the United States of money laundering 6,000 million worldwide.
The Director of...
Heavy downpours the past 2 days have affected major roads passing through the country, this according to reports from the Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT).
According to David Melendez, Head of Emergency MOPT is...
The President of China, Xi Jinping, will arrive on Sunday in Costa Rica to meet with his counterpart, Laura Chinchilla on cooperation and investment issues with its only diplomatic ally in Central America.
Xi Jinping, who is touring of Latin...
