Decade-old saga comes to an end as Costa Rica court sentences investment fraudster Luis Milanes to 15 years in prison
The Criminal Court of San Jose sentenced Cuban American, Luis Tamayo Milanés to 15 years and 8 months in prison Thursday morning, ending a 13-year saga that began when his…
US woman found brutally murdered in San Jose hotel room
A woman from the United States was found brutally murdered in a small hotel in San Jose’s Barrio California, near the Nicaraguan embassy, on Wednesday, authorities confirm.…
US warns that if Venezuela ends oil subsidy for Central America, Caribbean countries, it can’t step in
f the newly elected Venezuelan National Assembly votes to cancel that country's program of subsidized oil sales to Caribbean and Central American nations, the United States will not be able…
Macri sworn in as Argentina’s new president
Mauricio Macri took office as Argentina's first non-Peronist president in 16 years on Thursday, ending more than a decade of leftist populism with a promise to revive the South American…
US Secretary of State mocks climate change doubters, calls them “insane” and compares then to “Flat-Earthers”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has taken the U.S. administration’s criticism of climate change doubters to a new level, labeling those who reject mainstream climate science as “insane.”…
Cuban migrant crisis in Costa Rica continues to worsen as Belize rejects transit proposal
Belize on Tuesday turned down a proposal by Costa Rica to fly thousands of Cuban migrants trapped in the country to Belize, from which point the migrants could continue their…
US to double climate aid spending, John Kerry says in Paris
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Wednesday that the United States would double its grant-based support for vulnerable countries that need to adapt to climate change by 2020. In…
US conservationist, founder of North Face dies in kayaking accident in Chile
Douglas Tompkins, conservationist and founder of The North Face outdoor-gear brand, has died after a boating accident in Patagonia, Chile.…
