UEFA president Michel Platini will run for FIFA president
UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday confirmed his intention to run for the FIFA presidency as successor to Joseph Blatter.…
Why the United States is receiving human feces-covered cilantro
The thing most people are missing is that this story isn't just about contaminated cilantro making Americans sick and the FDA taking measures to stop it. It's about exploitative labor…
Costa Rica not likely to see direct effect from Chinese stock market plunge; business should take advantage: Central Bank president
World markets tumbled Monday after the main Chinese stock market suffered its biggest plunge in eight years, falling 8.5 percent, but the president of Costa Rica’s Central Bank is hopeful…
In video address, four former Costa Rica presidents urge Legislature to pass Water Resources Act
In a videotaped address being circulated online, four former Costa Rican presidents - Luis Alberto Monge, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Abel Pacheco and Laura Chinchilla - are urging the country’s Legislative…
This Nicaraguan native community endured Spanish conquest. Will it survive modern times?
LEON, Nicaragua — On the outskirts of an indigenous neighborhood here stands a centuries-old tree called the "Great Tamarind." The Spanish conquistadors hanged the community’s last native chief from it…
Costa Rica sees increase in lightning strikes, experts blame El Niño
Costa Rica has witnessed a significant increase in recorded lightning strikes during June and July, according to sensors belonging to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), and experts there believe…
CONCACAF known for corruption as much as soccer
CONCACAF, soccer's governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, has become known for corruption as much as soccer, the shadiest region of a sport in which scandal…
Costa Rica court postpones case against alleged organ traffickers until end-of-year
A Costa Rican court has postponed the preliminary hearing of four doctors formerly employed by the Calderon Guardia Hospital, who have been charged in an illicit scheme to traffic in…
