Costa Rica dismisses Ortega’s invitation to join Central American Parliament
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, invited Costa Rica to join the Central American Parliament (Parlamento Centroamericano, also known as Parlacen) this week. Costa Rica…
Use of toxic agrochemical continues in Costa Rica despite health concerns
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A decree which has been signed by the Ministries of Agriculture, Labor, and Health since May 14th banning the use of toxic chemicals…
Pedro Castro joins President Chinchilla in suing businessman over Facebook post
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Transport Minister Pedro Castro has filed a defamation suit against businessman and hotelier Alberto Rodriguez Baldi, the same man against which President Laura…
Woman faints after being sentenced for deadly beating of 3-year-old child
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Criminal Court of Heredia sentenced a woman by the last name of Fuller and her partner, an informal taxi driver by the…
Costa Rica on lookout for organ trafficking
Email this page Mario Garita / ISH What started with an email turned into the dismantling of an international organ-trafficking ring. American surgeon Francis L. Delmonico, the chairman of the…
Scientists grow miniature human brains from stem cells
Email this page (AFP) – Scientists said Wednesday they had used stem cells to grow primitive human brain tissue for use in studying disorders and early development of this most…
Highway violence hurts business in Latin America
Email this page Juliana Machado / ISH Violence and robberies on Latin American highways cost businesses more money than anywhere in the world, says the Economic Commission for Latin America…
Planned Nicaragua Canal could change global trade
Email this page Jim Randle / VOA A Hong Kong-based company is working out the route for a canal across Nicaragua that would rival the Panama Canal, bolster world trade,…
