Nicaragua takes Colombia boundary dispute to UN court, Colombia recalls ambassador
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) - Nicaragua started proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Colombia last week for allegedly violating its sovereign rights and maritime…
Canadian is sixth recorded case of malaria in Costa Rica this year
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A Canadian citizen in Costa Rica is the sixth recorded case of malaria in Costa Rica this year, but authorities believe the patient…
Chinchilla on hand for opening of Playas del Coco community center
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) After what those involved describe as a 20-year wait, the coastal community of Playas del Coco in Guanacaste finally has its own community…
More than three hundred species in Costa Rica joined the global endangered list this year
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Peccary, a pig-like mammal known locally as a “chancho de monte,” is a species that lives in Costa Rica and which joins…
Why US baby boomers are retiring in Latin America
Former US Marine James Cummiskey is seen on one of his coffee farms near Medellín, Colombia.(Courtesy of Christian Gonzales/CIMA Coffee Farms) After 20 years in the US military, James Cummiskey…
Women who smuggle drugs into Costa Rica prisons will face lighter sentences
Email this page By Mario Garita / ISH December 2nd, 2013 (ISH) Thanks to a new article in Costa Rica’s Narcotics Law, women convicted of bringing drugs into the country’s prisons…
New, aggressive HIV strain causes AIDS faster
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (AFP) – A new and more aggressive strain of HIV discovered in West Africa causes significantly faster progression to AIDS, researchers at Sweden’s Lund University…
Authorities find 410 kilos of cocaine in boxes of bananas from Colombia
Email this page November 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Authorities with the Ministry of Public Security discovered 410 kilograms of cocaine hidden in several boxes of bananas arriving from Colombia, the Ministry…
