Former comedian Morales sworn in as Guatemala president
Jimmy Morales used his inaugural address on Thursday evening to promise more transparency in the country's political system but cautioned it would take time for change to come.…
Costa Rica eyed for UN refugee camps under new US asylum plan: report
Perhaps impressed with its recent handling of the Cuban migrant crisis, officials in the United States are eyeing Costa Rica as a possible location to establish UN refugee camps for…
Fire sale: Banco Popular lists 200 properties at up to 60 percent off, up to 100 percent financing
Costa Rica’s Banco Popular announced on Thursday the listing of 195 bank-owned properties at prices up to 60 percent off from their appraised value.…
3 Americans killed, 12 injured in Honduras bus crash
Three Americans on a volunteer mission were killed Wednesday in a bus crash in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa while on their way to the airport to fly back home.…
Momentum swings to Miami as venue for trial of ‘El Chapo’
U.S. and Mexican officials are engaged in high-level talks to determine whether Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will be tried in Miami or New York on drug-trafficking charges following his anticipated…
US to expand refugee program to include Central American migrants
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said here Wednesday that the U.S. government planned to expand its Refugee Admissions Program to include immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras who…
Lawyer claims Sean Penn lied about ‘El Chapo’ trafficking claim
Hollywood star Sean Penn lied when he reported that Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman told him he is the world's foremost drugs trafficker, and he should be called to…
Costa Rican aircraft with cocaine aboard found abandoned in Nicaragua after apparent crash
A Costa Rican aircraft, tail number TI-ATR, was found abandoned in a canal Wednesday near the small village of Los Lirios near Puerto Morazán in Nicaragua, with a load of…
