Mexico court allows recreational use of marijuana
Mexico's Supreme Court has opened the door to recreational use of marijuana in a historic ruling, giving a group of activists permission to grow and smoke their own pot.…
Electoral authorities warn municipal candidates not to accept money from organized crime
The president of Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Luis Antonio Sobrado, warned candidates fighting for office in Costa Rica's upcoming municipal elections in February to not be tempted to…
Details of TPP trade pact could be released this week: source
Pacific trading partners are working towards releasing details of a sweeping free trade pact, designed to free up exports of goods ranging from medicines to milk, as early as the…
Investment, trade, tourism and health on agenda for first Costa Rica state visit to Cuba
Costa Rican president Luis Guillermo Solis hopes to discuss issues of investment, trade, tourism and health with his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, during an official State visit in December, the…
President of Costa Rica to make first ever State visit to Cuba since revolution
Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solis will make the first-ever official State visit to Cuba by a sitting Costa Rican president since the end of the island nation’s 1959 revolution…
President Solis is now by far the least popular president in Central America, according to Gallup survey
Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solis is by far the least popular president in Central America after the ouster of former Guatemala president Otto Perez Molina, according to the latest…
Jailed former president of Guatemala blames Joe Biden for his ouster
Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it…
Government, unions reach midnight agreement to lift strikes
The government and representatives of the union bloc known as Patria Justa signed an agreement shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning to end – at least for now – a…
