Region: Ecuador president hints at eliminating print newspapers to save environment
Email this page (AFP) Ecuador President Rafael Correa Monday proposed holding a referendum to eliminate print newspapers, as an environmental measure. The president made the suggestion after drawing criticism…
Costa Rica–Nicaragua tensions escalate after Ortega threatens to claim Guanacaste, begins oil exploration
Email this page August 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Tensions between Costa Rica and Nicaragua continue after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s threat last Tuesday to make a claim to the Costa Rican…
Man kills girlfriend in Santa Cruz, sends photo of the scene to sister
Email this page August 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A man identified by the last name of Macotelo is accused of strangling his girlfriend, Angie Obando Zuniga, 27 and then sending a…
Three men captured in La Fortuna have been arrested a total of 50 times
Email this page August 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Tourist Police stationed in San Carlos arrested last week a criminal band known as the “Pocora.” The band consisted of three two Nicaraguan…
Kidnappers trick their victims by posing as OIJ agents
Email this page August 19th, 2013 (InideCostaRica.com) A report by the Statistics Section of the Judiciary found that three out of the five kidnappings-for-ransom conducted in Costa Rica in 2012…
New Species of Mammal Discovered in Andes
Email this page (VOA) Scientists say they have found a new species of carnivore in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains in South America – the first discovery of…
123-year-old man found living in hut in Bolivia believed to be world’s oldest
Email this page By Juliana Barrera / VOXXI A 123-year-old living in a hut in Bolivia is thought to be the oldest man ever recorded. Carmelo Flores Laura, a Bolivian…
Costa Rica insists that U.S. not execute its citizen convicted of brutal murder
Email this page August 13th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Laura Chinchilla said yesterday that Costa Rica insists that the United States not execute Terence Valentine, a Costa Rican citizen convicted of…
