Chevron wins partial victory in Ecuador pollution case
Email this page WASHINGTON, September 19, 2013 (AFP) – An arbitration panel in the Hague has given US oil firm Chevron an important procedural victory in its battle against a…
Colonoscopies could reduce cancer risk by 40 percent
Email this page Colonoscopies could reduce cancer risk by 40 percent (via AFP) A colonoscopy every 10 years could prevent 40 percent of colorectal cancers, according to a massive US…
Mexico: Flooded Acapulco hit by looting as tourists airlifted
Email this page ACAPULCO, Mexico (ISH) – Mexican military and commercial flights airlifted hundreds of tourists stranded in the flooded resort of Acapulco, where thousands of looters ransacked stores after…
Hurricane Manuel slowly moves closer to Mexico’s western coast
Email this page Hurricane Manuel slogged very close to Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday, prompting a hurricane warning and a tropical storm watch, forecasters said.…
Costa Rica denounces latest Nicaraguan “invasion” of Portillo wetlands
Email this page September 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The government of Costa Rica announced yesterday that it is considering expanding its charges against Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…
More than just arsenic: 370 community water systems are contaminated – report
Email this page September 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new report by the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) indicates that 370 community-operated water systems in the country are contaminated with…
Extreme weather expected to continue in Costa Rica
Email this page September 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Torrential rains and extreme weather like that which wreaked havoc in the country this week is expected to for at least the next…
Authorities will investigate massive fish kill in Nosara River
Email this page September 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Rene Castro, Minister of Environment and Energy, said that the mass death of thousands of fish and shrimp near the mouth of the…
