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.…
Number of non-violent drug offenders in Costa Rica, LatAm prisons up sharply: research group
Latin American countries including Costa Rica have seen a sharp rise in the incarceration rate for non-violent drug offenders, a segment whose growth has been faster than that of the…
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…
Doctors from Costa Rica and Cuba examine comatose student shot in the head by Mexican police
Calixto Machado, of the Cuban Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, and Costa Rican neurologist Mauricio Chinchilla examined the comatose student last Friday, the CEAV said.…
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…
Case of TV sexual harassment grips Mexico
Even in a country notorious for machismo and sexual harassment, you might think that male TV presenters would know not to molest their female partners on air.…
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…
The ‘Guantanamo Bay of Panama’ raises human rights concerns
The remote island prison dubbed the Guantanamo Bay of Panama houses the country's most dangerous prisoners, but concerns are mounting over harsh conditions and human rights violations occurring behind the…
