Copa Airlines systems crash leaves Chinchilla, others trapped in Panama after Ibero-American summit
Email this page October 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Laura Chinchilla was “trapped” in Panama City’s Tocumen Airport on Saturday after attending the Ibero-American Summit, the result of a “system failure”…
Guatemala: Lynch mob kills 3 alleged criminals
Email this page GUATEMALA CITY (ISH) – Local residents killed three alleged criminals they suspected of trying to extort a farmer near the border with El Salvador, the National Civil Police…
Guatemalans get 200 years in prison for Facebook murders
Email this page GUATEMALA CITY (ISH) – A Guatemalan court sentenced two men to 200 years in prison apiece for murdering two teenagers they contacted via Facebook, a judicial source said…
Peru: Cocaine king’s riches don’t reach growers
Editor's note: This article is one of a two-part series on coca production in Peru, reported during a rare visit to the remote VRAE region, the world coca capital. Click…
Oil prices edge higher as US debt deadline looms
Email this page October 16th, 2013 (AFP) – World oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday in nervous trading as the United States moves closer to defaulting on its debt. New…
Chinchilla dismisses study calling her least popular president in Americas
Email this page October 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Laura Chinchilla dismissed on Monday the results of a poll showing her as the least popular president amongst 19 countries in the…
At ICJ, Costa Rica claims Nicaragua causing ‘irreparable damage’ to its territory
Email this page THE HAGUE, October 14, 2013 (AFP) – Nicaragua is violating international law by sending construction workers and soldiers to a tiny Costa Rican island, the International Court…
Colombia: Bombings close Colombia’s No. 2 oil pipeline
Email this page BOGOTÁ, Colombia (ISH) – Three recent bombings by terrorist groups have forced the country’s second-most important pipeline, the Caño Limón-Coveñas, to cease operation temporarily, Ecopetrol, the state-run…
