(NewsUSA) - In the Horn of Africa, barren landscapes and dirt fields surround large riverbeds that are totally dry. Herds of goats and camels, tired and emaciated, walk through parched lands in search of food and water. It's the worst...
“Costa Rica,” said Dr. Rodrigo Gamez Lobo, longtime President of INBio (National Biodiversity Institute) “is complex enough to be interesting, and small enough to be manageable.” Thanks to modern technology, I had a tremendously informative conversation with Dr. Gamez...
CURITIBA, Brazil – Vera wanted to sing, but she lost her breath every time she tried to raise her voice.
As one of the 24 inmates in the Águia News Choir, at the Women’s Work Release Center (CRAF) in Curitiba,...
Costa Rica is the best country brand in Latin America, says the seventh annual edition of the Country Brand Index (CBI), the global study of country brand strength by Future Brand, published last November 11th.
The CBI analyzes countries around...
If there’s a more apt metaphor for the messy end of the Age of Oil, I haven’t heard it. A tanker truck loaded with driveway sealant burst a valve and leaked the gooey gunge along a nearly 40-mile stretch...
The Centre for Culture and Tranference of Technology, part of the Communications Bureau at the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), is presenting an expo exhibiting technological creations from the 1950's, that were used by ICE.
The name of the exhibit...
A high, thin layer of clouds fills the western sky, blunting the warmth of the sun and giving the land a subtly somber cast. The little stream on the edge of town is now full enough to create a...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua and GUATEMALA CITY – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) has made it perfectly clear to Central America: It must do a lot more to stop the rise of the trafficking and consumption of synthetic drugs.
That’s...
Thanksgiving dinner in these Costa Rican restaurants will cost between $15 and $50. In some places, children will be given a special discount."]San Jose, Costa Rica. Thanksgiving has become one of the most celebrated American holidays in Costa Rica....
Retailers have indicated that they will offer discounts between 10-70% on a wide variety of items."]The biggest shopping day of the year is just around the corner. Black Friday will take place next Friday, November 25th, and several local...
