“Inefficient” ICE doing roadwork is “absurd” idea: Otto Guevara
Rep. Otto Guevara (ML) described as “absurd” a suggestion made by President Luis Guillermo Solis on Friday that the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) should participate in infrastructure projects to…
Nicaragua trains sex workers as judicial facilitators
Nicaragua's Supreme Court has made sex workers official representatives of the government and the judicial system.A pilot group of 18 sex workers have been provided with technical and…
OECD cuts 2015 global growth forecast
The world economy will grow slower than expected this year and will pick up in 2016, if there is investment. That is the latest forecast by the Paris-based Organization…
Healthy oceans could add $900 billion to world economy, according to study
Protecting the planet's oceans is not only an environmental imperative but also a sound business decision as it could add $900 billion to the global economy in a few decades,…
Costa Rica recognizes the first same-sex common-law marriage in Central America
A same-sex couple from Costa Rica were granted a common-law marriage Tuesday, making them the first legally-recognized gay couple in Central America, the Tico Times reported. A judge at the…
Nicaragua Canal environmental study submitted, details remain hidden
Nicaraguan officials this week received a long-awaited environmental impact assessment of the controversial $50 billion interoceanic canal, checking off a major to-do item for the ambitious Chinese-backed project. Authorities said…
FIFA leadership in limbo: who are the candidates for the top job in world soccer?
Sepp Blatter stunned the soccer world on Tuesday by announcing that he was resigning as FIFA president just four days after winning re-election for a fifth term and six days…
Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president four days after re-election
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after…
