Costa Rica registers second highest in Central America for suicides
Costa Rica now ranks number two in Central America - behind only El Salvador - in terms of annual suicides, according to official statistics by the Ministry of Health, which…
Suspect arrested after fatal shooting of US man in Heredia
The Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ) managed to capture a suspect just hours after the fatal shooting of a US man in San Pablo de Heredia Saturday evening.…
Maduro government in Venezuela decrees ‘economic emergency,’ and expands powers
Venezuela's socialist government decreed an "economic emergency" on Friday that will expand its powers and published the first data in a year that shows the depth of a recession fueled…
62 people now have more wealth than half the world combined: report
With $1.76 trillion, 62 people held more wealth than half the world’s population combined in 2015; that number was 388 people in 2010, according to Oxfam report.…
“We are living in the age of megacrises,” UN says, while suggesting new taxes
The world must spend an extra $15 billion a year to help people devastated by wars and natural disasters, the United Nations said Sunday. The shortfall in humanitarian aid comes…
Costa Rica’s DIS to investigate source of intelligence leaks
The director of Costa Rica’s national intelligence agency known as DIS, Mariano Figueres said during a Thursday morning press conference that the agency plans to investigate how local media have…
Costa Rica businessman linked to ‘El Chapo’ in intel reports was suspected of orchestrating triple murder of rival hotelier: report
On February 9th, 2013, Geovanny Soto Ruiz, 52 and his sons Emmanuel, 18, and Juan Mauricio Soto Soto, 27 were found dead in various areas of La Fortuna, showing signs…
Sean Penn says interview with El Chapo “failed”
Actor Sean Penn said Friday that his interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "failed" since everyone "ignores its purpose," which was to shed some light on the…
