Central America: Strategies against school failure
Email this page Lorena Baires / ISH November 12th, 2013 (ISH) Central America is seeking new strategies to protect schools from the violence committed by gangs, which has contributed to the academic…
Costa Rica will be crippled by mass strikes, protests today
Email this page November 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Mass protests and strikes by both public and private labor unions, social groups, and other sectors in Costa Rica will likely cripple the…
Bomb scare at Goicoechea courts complex
Email this page November 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Agents with the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) equipped with explosive-sniffing dogs responded to a bomb scare at the Goicoechea courthouse on Friday, after…
Hundreds of unexplained sea turtle deaths alarming Central America
Email this page November 11, 2013 (AFP) – Hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America and scientists don’t know why. One hypothesis is…
President Chinchilla meets with Pope Francis (Video Report)
Email this page November 11th, 2013 – President Laura Chinchilla met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday. Chinchilla and the Pope discussed a number of issues, including abortion…
United Nations Climate Change Conference gets underway
Email this page November 11, 2013 (AFP) – Nations launched a new round of talks in Warsaw on Monday to pave the way for a 2015 deal to cut climate-altering…
Monkeys Use Their Minds to Move Virtual Arms
Email this page Jessica Berman / VOA November 11th, 2013 - Researchers have developed an interface between a monkey’s brains and a machine that could eventually be used to allow someone…
Man stabs police officer eight times in Osa
Email this page November 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police officers from Ciudad Cortés over the weekend responded to calls from residents in El Precario de Osa that a man was attempting…
