New study suggests global marine food chain could collapse
A new study is warning that the world’s fisheries and ocean ecosystems are threatened even more than previously thought by rising carbon dioxide levels, and the global marine food chain…
The EU is propping up Spain’s ‘fiestas of blood.’ Is it time to let them die?
Bullfighting is a major tourism draw for Spain, and supporters argue such a rich cultural tradition should not be allowed to die.On the other side, animal rights activists and many…
Massive public sector strikes expected to cripple Costa Rica in coming days
What public sector union leaders are promising to be the largest series of union strikes in decades are expected to cripple Costa Rica in the coming days as talks between…
Engine failure forces emergency landing short of runway in Pavas
Two passengers and a pilot onboard a private plane got the scare no passenger or pilot ever wants to experience when the single-engine aircraft in which they were traveling lost…
From history to tragedy: Fifth sextuplet born to Costa Rican couple dies, only one remains alive
Costa Rica's National Children's Hospital, or HNN, reported Sunday that the fifth of the sextuplets born on May 17 to 34-year-old Silvia Villegas, has died after a sudden medical emergency.…
Panama Supreme Court justice accuses former president Martinelli in illegal spying scandal
A Panamanian Supreme Court justice investigating wiretapping allegations against former President Ricardo Martinelli has found sufficient evidence to link the ex-head of state to the purported eavesdropping on some 150…
Death toll from Guatemala mudslide rises to 263
Emergency management authorities in Guatemala announced Saturday that 263 people have now been confirmed killed in the mudslide that buried a small settlement near the capital last Oct. 1.…
Andres Oppenheimer: The fall of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela
The Trans-Pacific trade agreement signed last week between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries will be another nail in the coffin of the populist governments of Brazil,…
