Hezbollah threatens Latin America
Email this page Eduardo Szklarz / ISH BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Illegal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering and smuggling are financing the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in Latin…
Gut Bacteria Might Contribute to Obesity
Email this page Steve Baragona / VOA New scientific evidence suggests what or how much we eat isn’t the only factor affecting our weight. The microbes living in our intestines…
Ticos end USA winning streak; Mexico on shaky ground after World Cup qualifiers
Email this page (AFP) – Costa Rica slowed the USA’s march toward the 2014 World Cup with a 3-1 win Friday, while Mexico were on even shakier ground after a…
More than 800 police to provide security for today’s World Cup qualifier versus U.S.
Email this page (AFP) – CONCACAF has ramped up security for Friday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier between Costa Rica and the United States, with Ticos fans still irked by the “Snow Bowl” won…
UN concerned over violence against environmentalists and indigenous in Costa Rica
Email this page September 6th, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) The United Nations representative in Costa Rica has joined the Defensoria de los Inhabitantes (Ombudsman) to express his concern about recent…
Costa Rica receives between 90 and 100 asylum requests per month
Email this page September 6th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) With more than 12,000 refugees already living in the country, Costa Rica receives between 90 and 100 requests from asylum seekers each month,…
Anti-cancer vaccine implant begins human trials in US
Email this page WASHINGTON, September 6, 2013 (AFP) – An experimental vaccine implant to treat skin cancer has begun early trials in humans, as part of a growing effort to train…
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Email this page September 5th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The United States Geological Service (USGS) recorded a magnitude 6.0 earthquake 44 km west of Sardinal, in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste province at 6:29…
