Shrinking airline seats called uncomfortable, risky
Airline seats are shrinking -- and that's bad for both your comfort and your safety, some advocates say. That's why the U.S. Department of Transportation convened its consumer advisory group,…
US Congress split on removing Cuba from state-sponsor terrorism list: what do you think? [POLL]
Congressional reaction to President Barack Obama’s push to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism spans from ardent support to fervent opposition, with many lawmakers of…
Business chamber seeks injunction against requirement to provide shareholder information
Costa Rica’s Chamber of Industry (CICR) is seeking an injunction and legal review against a decision by the Directorate General of Taxation (DGT) that forces large companies to provide information…
Chinese not interested in financing Nicaragua Canal: Panama official
April 14th, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) The administrator of the Panama Canal, Jorge Luis Quijano, said Monday that Chinese state builders are wary of becoming involved in the Nicaraguan canal project, also…
US Embassy in Nicaragua denies staffer was in contact with Ebola
Nicaragua quarantined a U.S. embassy worker and is asking the U.S. to fly him home on fears that the diplomat had been in contact with Ebola, according to news reports…
Marijuana-based drug may reduce seizures in children and adults
A new marijuana-based medicine may reduce the number of seizures in children and adults with severe forms of epilepsy, according to early results from an ongoing clinical trial. The drug,…
Firefighting drones could help save Costa Rica’s tropical forests
In Sector Pocosol, an administrative section of Costa Rica’s Santa Rosa National Park, there’s a wide, open field of browned grass. Its perimeter is guarded by towering trees, branches barren…
Suspect in La Cruz triple murder arrested in Nicaragua after more violent attacks
A Nicaraguan man who Costa Rican authorities seek in a gruesome triple murder in La Cruz, Guanacaste, has been captured in Nicaragua, where the man was also a suspect in…
