Photos prove existence of armed Costa Rica paramilitary militia
Email this page December 5th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A group which called itself Patrulla 1856 (The 1856 Patrol) before recently changing its name to the Frente Patriótico para la Defensa Nacional (Patriotic…
Ten people killed in Nicaragua gun battle
Email this page MANAGUA, December 5, 2013 (AFP) – Ten people died and one was wounded Wednesday in a clash between petty criminals trying to rob a store and soldiers…
Nicaragua takes Colombia boundary dispute to UN court, Colombia recalls ambassador
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) - Nicaragua started proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Colombia last week for allegedly violating its sovereign rights and maritime…
After $90 million spent, US firm abandons exploration at Nicaragua oil well
Email this page November 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) U.S. firm, Noble Energy has given up on an exploratory oil well in Nicaragua, dubbed “Paradise 1,” after spending $90 million at the…
Central America: Strategies against school failure
Email this page Lorena Baires / ISH November 12th, 2013 (ISH) Central America is seeking new strategies to protect schools from the violence committed by gangs, which has contributed to the academic…
Hundreds of unexplained sea turtle deaths alarming Central America
Email this page November 11, 2013 (AFP) – Hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America and scientists don’t know why. One hypothesis is…
Nicaragua accuses Costa Rica of causing “environmental nightmare” before the ICJ
Email this page November 5th, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaragua described Costa Rica’s construction of a road on its border parallel to the Rio San Juan as an “environmental nightmare”…
Death toll in Nicaragua’s dengue epidemic reaches 16
Email this page MANAGUA, November 4, 2013 (AFP) – A dengue epidemic sweeping Nicaragua has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy, raising the disease’s death toll there to 16…
