100 kilos of cocaine discovered in truck at Costa Rica-Nicaragua border, adding to significant seizures in recent days
Costa Rica’s Drug Control Police (PCD) discovered a hidden shipment of 100 kilos of cocaine hidden in a truck of Nicaraguan registration that was attempting to cross the border back…
Death toll in Guatemala City mudslide continues to rise
The death toll following a mudslide in Guatemala City continued to rise, reaching 166 Tuesday as rescuers continued to recover bodies from the muck, the authorities said.…
UN agency warns of global economy’s ‘house of cards’
A U.N. organization that focuses on helping developing countries become better integrated into the global economy is warning that the world's recent financial turmoil highlights the need for new approaches…
Latin America job market is weakening: World bank
The job market in Latin America has begun to weaken after four straight years of an economic downturn, according to the report "Jobs, Wages, and the Latin American Slowdown," presented…
Nobel chemistry prize awarded for advances in DNA repair
The Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists for their work on human DNA repair, which can be used in…
Costa Rica says it will not protect any shark species of “commercial interest”
In a move that is being condemned by numerous conservation groups, the government of Costa Rican president, Luis Guillermo Solis has promised the commercial fishing sector that it will…
Libertarian lawmakers present bill to reform Costa Rica’s property tax
Libertarian Movement (ML) lawmakers in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly presented a bill last week that would reform the country’s property tax.…
Motorcyclists account for largest percentage of Costa Rica’s road deaths so far this year
Motorcyclists have accounted for the largest number of deaths on Costa Rica’s roads so far this year, according to data recently released by transit officials.…
