Cocos Island may be newest home for shark species typically found in Indo-Pacific
A shark species that was rarely ever seen by divers off Costa Rica’s Cocos Island may now be calling the waters home, according to researchers at Misión Tiburón.…
Lawyer convicted of scamming seven US investors out of $626k gets 10 years
A Puntarenas trial court has sentenced attorney Arcelio Hernandez Mussio to the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on Tuesday after convicting the man of defrauding seven U.S. investors…
Riot police clash with protesters in Nicaragua capital
Riot police in Nicaragua's capital have clashed with protesters demanding fair elections ahead of the 2016 national poll that is expected to give President Daniel Ortega his third consecutive term…
FIFA bans former CONCACAF chief, Chuck Blazer for life
FIFA on Thursday issued a life ban for Chuck Blazer, a former executive committee member and the ex-head of Concacaf, football's governing body in North and Central America and the…
Pope champions the poor on South America trip
Pope Francis is known as the "pope of the poor" and he's living up to that moniker on his tour of Latin America, where he is calling strayed Catholics back…
How cocaine’s main ingredient is helping Pope Francis during South America trip
While traveling to the highest capital city in the world Wednesday, Pope Francis sipped on a special tea made of chamomile, anise seeds, and the main ingredient in cocaine —…
“Technical glitches” shut down New York Stock Exchange; delay half million United Airlines passengers
What corporate officials have so far described only as “technical glitches” have completely halted trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), while a separate “glitch” in United Airlines computer…
Group seeks Constitutional amendment to allow citizens to sack legislators, president by referendum
A group known as Costa Rica Manda appeared before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) last week to seek permission to begin collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment that would allow…
