Honduras left seeks annulment of presidential vote results
Email this page TEGUCIGALPA, December 9, 2013 (AFP) – The leftist Libre party in Honduras late Friday formally asked election officials to overturn the results of the November 24 presidential…
U.S. SOUTHCOM testing “nanosatellites” in Latin America
Email this page December 9th, 2013 (ISH) The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) took a first step in an effort to evaluate how low-cost space communication capabilities can support information sharing…
Eight killed in Colombia blast blamed on FARC
Email this page BOGOTA, December 8, 2013 (AFP) – Eight people were killed in a car bombing in Colombia on Saturday which was immediately blamed on leftist FARC rebels currently…
Chinchilla, Latin American presidents offer condolences for Mandela
Email this page December 7th, 2013 (ISH & InsideCostaRica.com) Latin American presidents expressed their condolences regarding the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died on Dec. 5 of…
US tracking billions of cellphone locations worldwide: report
Email this page December 6th, 2013 (VOA) A major U.S. newspaper is reporting that the clandestine National Security Agency is tracking the location of cellphones around the world in a vast…
UN: Poverty Reduction Slowing in Latin America; Costa Rica unchanged
Email this page December 6th, 2013 (VOA) The United Nations says a weaker economic performance and rising food costs are slowing poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. The annual report…
Criminals continue life of crime from inside Central America prisons
Email this page By Lorena Baires and Sergio Ramos / ISH December 6th, 2013 (ISH) Central American prison systems remain fertile ground for gangs to commit extortion. In October, El Salvador’s…
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…
