Costa Rica high court rules child born in US can receive nationality based on DNA without birth certificate
Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court (Sala IV) has determined that a child born in the United States, but whose US-issued birth certificate was apparently lost, can receive Costa Rican nationality based…
Former Nicaraguan football boss accepted 90,000-euro bribe, prosecutors allege
Julio Rocha has been charged with money laundering and corruption in Nicaragua. Prosecutors there allege Rocha accepted a 90,000-euro bribe as part of a broadcast rights agreement.…
Four cups of coffee a day can keep colon cancer from coming back
Drinking more coffee may keep colon cancer from coming back, find researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.…
President Solis says he is not concerned about tax reform effects on his popularity, has no intention to run for second term
Costa Rican president, Luis Guillermo Solis said on Friday that he is not concerned with the effects that a tax reform plan being pushed by his administration could have on…
Water taxi, tourist vessel collide killing one in Costa Rica’s Tortuguero
One woman was injured and another woman identified as Cristina Smith Benita Gonzalez, 58 died when a water taxi and a tourist vessel collided in Barra del Tortugero, Limon around…
Uber to charge less than half of Costa Rica’s licensed taxi drivers
Uber, the controversial “driver-for-hire” smartphone app, will charge less than half the fares charged by licensed Costa Rica taxi rivers (“red” taxis), the company said on Saturday.Uber said that…
US Airways flight with electrical problems causes large emergency response at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria Airport
A US Airways flight with 127 passengers on board reported electrical problems Friday afternoon before landing at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO).…
Cuban dissidents report more than 100 arrests over the weekend
Cuban dissidents reported Monday that more than 100 arrests were made on the island over the weekend at marches and demonstrations around the country, though all who were jailed have…
