Costa Rican exports fall 2.3% in first half of 2013
Email this page July 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican exports during the first half of the year totaled $5.739 billion, down 2.3% over the same period in 2012, trade officials…
Panama defends handling of ex-CIA boss
Email this page (AFP) – Panama’s foreign minister on Monday defended his government’s handling of an Italian request for the arrest and extradition of a former CIA station chief wanted…
Procedure Could Reverse Common Form of Blindness
Email this page (VOA) Scientists have taken a major step toward potentially reversing a common form of blindness. Researchers at the University College London (UCL)successfully transplanted light-sensitive photoreceptor cells from a synthetic…
Dolphins call each other by name
Email this page (AFP) – Wild bottlenose dolphins design unique signature whistles to identify themselves, and they answer when a close cohort calls them by name, researchers said Monday. A…
Ten easy tips for a healthy prostate
Email this page By Hope Gillette / Saludify healthy prostate is important — approximately 238,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed annually, with the disease claiming some 29,000 lives.…
Poll: Latin Americans prefer China’s influence to that of the U.S.
Email this page July 22nd, 2013 (AFP and ICR) – China’s growing influence in Latin America is preferred in the region over that of the United States, though maintaining strong…
Court rejects bill that would require inmates to work while serving time
Email this page July 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Full Court has rejected a bill that would require prisoners to work while serving their sentences. Judges felt that the measure…
Tractor-trailer plowed into tollbooth this morning, driver was drunk
Email this page July 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A tractor-trailer plowed into a tollbooth on the General Cañas highway early this morning. Oscar Calvo of the Transit Police said the driver…
