By JENNIFER KAY (AP)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim president of Honduras for saying he will reverse an emergency decree suspending civil liberties in his country.
But he warned that the results...
Submitted by: Ryan Kelly
In light of the recent credit crunch it is my firmly held belief that the governments of the world should revoke the licences of commercial banks and in effect raze them to the ground. This theory...
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) -
“A democracy without values...easily becomes a dictatorship and ends up betraying its own people.”
This is what is read in the Message signed by Cardinal Hugo Barrantes Urena, Archbishop of San Jose (Costa Rica) and President...
The United States' Merida Initiative will be providing an additional $1 million for the improvement of money laundering prevention methods and improvement of the Costa Rican police force, bolstering the previous allocation of $4.3 million Costa Rica received earlier...
This photo of Mal Pais was submitted by John Hamlin during his recent tour of Pacific coast beaches.
The rocky break from this surfing paradise is not for the faint of heart, but for the experienced surfer, this is one...
Submitted by: Jeffery Cutler
There have been a lot on people complaining lately about the Costa Rican Environment Tribunal’s decision to halt construction of the San Jose-Caldera highway pending more detailed environmental impact studies. While I understand their desire to...
By: Elizabeth Mann
The Blue Morpho butterfly lives in the tropical rain forests of Latin America from Mexico to Columbia. They are among the largest butterflies in the world. The Blue Morpho's colorful wings serve as a special defense. When...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to "make good on the promise" for peace, saying that the 15-nation body "fails in its historic mission every day that it turns...
The Biofuel business globally is booming, in Costa Rica it is exploding.
The world has moved, by necessity, into a new era of alternative energy solutions. Three critical factors have motivated Biofuel development into the largest growth industry in...
(AP) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican authorities detained 54 U.S.-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal after their boat arrived on the Central American country's coast, officials said Sunday.
Authorities were treating some of the migrants for dehydration after...
