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The 2012 Mayan Prophecy: Renewal or Apocalypse?

The 2012 Mayan Prophecy has been horribly distorted and misunderstood. The End of the Mayan Calendar on December 21, 2012 has nothing to do with the “End of the World”, but in fact December 21st, 2012 marks the beginning...

Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, WTO Candidate Promises Growth

The Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, Anabel González, declared today she is honored to be a candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) and pledged to create an agenda "to further drive growth and development in all countries...

President Laura Chinchilla in Guatemala to Participate in the Mayan Celebrations

On Friday Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla will attend the official celebrations of the Mayan era change in Guatemala, at the invitation of that country's president, Otto Perez Molina. Chinchilla will travel tomorrow to Guatemala with her family, and Friday...

Latin America Economic Snapshot and Projections

In the past 10 years, Latin America has shown tremendous growth supported by the strong economic and political reforms implemented during in the past 2 decades, the region, even during a global meltdown, managed to show significant growth patterns...

Food Inflation in Latin America Reached 10 % in October Highest in 3 Years

A report from October on Food inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 10%, the highest rate in the last three years, said the regional office of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The agency...

Costa Rica Is Among the 20 Largest Emerging Economies with Illicit Financial Flows

Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela are among the 20 largest developing countries and emerging economies that have illicit financial flows generated over the past decade; when the overall figure rose to nearly $ 6 billion according to a...

Costa Rica Coffee Exporters Claim that Organized Crime Steals Coffee Exports

Coffee exporters of Costa Rica reported today that they have had an unusual year and not by international prices or production problems, but because organized crime gangs have stolen 18 containers loaded with high quality Costa Rica coffee. The president...

Central American Presidents Start Summit without Laura Chinchilla

Nicaragua President, Daniel Ortega, opened the Summit of Heads of State of the Central American Integration System (SICA) XL last week, attended by four other Central American presidents, except for Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla. After welcoming their American colleagues in...

Costa Rica Nicaragua Proposed Wetland Border Dialogue before International Court of Justice (ICJ)

The Foreign Minister of Costa Rica Enrique Castillo, said today in Managua that Nicaragua has proposed that his country discuss border a wetland in the Caribbean, which both nations (Nicaragua and Costa Rica) claim as their own and have...

Venezuela rejects Obama’s “outrageous statements” on Chavez

Latin America News - On Friday the Venezuela government rejected statements by President Barack Obama on Venezuela and Hugo Chavez. "Obviously the most important thing to remember is that the future of Venezuela should be in the hands of the...
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