San Jose - Official or ‘Formal’ taxi drivers on Monday blocked streets around the Casa Presidencial in San José in the area of Zapote. They official strike was to start Tuesday to protest granting informal taxi drivers permits...
Paraguay is dealing with more isolation on Monday when several Latin American counties announced they were recalling their ambassadors following the president's impeachment.Venezuela and Chile pulled their ambassadors Sunday, just after Brazil. Argentina recalled its ambassador on Saturday, June...
Overhanging the gorge are great angular outcroppings of volcanic rock—solid and sharp-edged protrusions from some long-ago eruption of Lassen or some other volcano in the area
The US Embassy announced on Thursday the suspension USAID money to Nicaragua.
The US Government was supplying $3 million in aid but suspended funds in response to the Nicaragua government’s dealings with Venezuelan and election process complaints in the 2011...
San Jose Costa Rica - A bill draft presented by Frente Amplio during their previous administration, which seeks to eliminate prison sentences established by the Intellectual Property Law implemented in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), was...
San Jose - Last Friday, June 18th, legislators approved in second debate the “Ley de Impuestos a Casinos,” (Casinos Tax Act) which will regulate activities in casinos and Internet sportsbooks in the country and will charge more taxes.
The...
Amid national and international outcry, Lugo urges followers to remain peaceful suggesting it could lead to his reinstatement.
Ousted president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, was impeached on Friday by a Congress accusing him of not maintaining social harmony, has publicly...
San Jose [TCRN} - The decline in the dollar buying by the public sector bank in the wholesale market (Monex) has been responsible for the fall in the value of the currency.
The influence of this sector is evident if...
Last night legislators approved the new Costa Rica traffic law with fines of nearly half of the amounts that have been in effect.
Higher penalty of ¢ 280,000 will be applied to those who drive over 120 miles per hour,...
Rio +20 - The president of Cuba, Raul Castro, spoke to the destruction of nuclear stockpiles and promoting the disarmament of nations, during his speech at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, Brazil.
Castro also noted that the...
