Costa Rica’s AutoMercado supermarket chain plans major expansion with 18 new stores
High-end supermarket retailer, AutoMercado plans to invest US $72 million between 2016 and 2024 to open 18 new locations at a cost of US $4 million each, company president, Guillermo…
US woman released from Peru after 20 years
U.S. citizen Lori Berenson, convicted in Peru of helping Marxist insurgents, finally left Peru for good early Thursday after 20 years of detention and parole in the South American nation.…
More FIFA officials, including acting CONCACAF president and bosses across Central and South America, charged in widening probe
Football bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged by U.S. prosecutors on Thursday with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights to tournaments and…
After 110 years of calm, Nicaragua’s Momotombo volcano explodes to life in fiery eruption
After 110 years of relative calm, Nicaragua’s Momotombo volcano roared back to life with a fiery eruption Wednesday morning. A column of gas and ash shot more than 26,000…
Costa Rica celebrates 67 years without a military
Costa Rica commemorated with an official ceremony Tuesday the dissolution of its army and hailed the nation's culture of peace.The event, held at the National Museum, was presided over by…
Transsexuals are welcome at female-only bank, Banca Kristal, if their ID cards have “female name”
The controversial women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal will accept transsexual women as customers if their national ID card (cedula) indicates their sex as female or if the “CC” (conocido como, “known…
As number of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica continues to grow, Cuba urges US to end “wet foot, dry foot”
Cuba on Monday asked the United States to put an end to the policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to stay claiming that it spurs illegal immigration and…
World leaders seek climate breakthrough in Paris
Some 150 heads of state and government, including U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, urged each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining…
