Estudio confirma mestizaje en zona central de Costa Rica

Un nuevo estudio genético latinoamericano –del cual Costa Rica formó parte– confirmó que en las venas de los habitantes del Valle Central corre sangre europea, indígena y...

"Cows" invaded Costa Rica's capital

More than 120 “cows”, made of fiberglass and modified by local artists and companies, are right now the most appealing visitor of San Jose, capital of Costa Rica, in Central America.The exhibit, local...

Greaseball Challenge 2007

Ready, set, SVO! Welcome to the 2007 Greaseball Challenge, a 4500 mile charity biofuel race from Washington D.C. to San Jose, Costa Rica. I nearly fell of my chair when I saw this - not that using biodiesel...

Bush's Actions Contrary to His Photo Op Tour

"Yesterday, I wrote about how President Bush's big Central and South American 'Love Me' tour wasn't going so well, what with the riots in the streets and all. It turns out that Bush, as he always has, is making a...

Chavez and Bush: A Tale of Two Presidents

"President Bush is on a tour of Central and South America, ostensibly to try to undercut the influence of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in that part of the world. Of course, that train left the station a long...

Young Migrants Risk All to Reach U.S.

Last year, 6,460 underage illegal immigrants from Central America were detained in the United States while traveling without their parents and sent to government shelters, a 35 percent increase over the...

A harsher border crossing

"On her first try, Mari Paz said, she clambered over the barrier and walked only a short distance before U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted her. On her second, she slipped through a hidden door. She later tried...

Poll protests block Mexico City

"The left-wing candidate in Mexico's disputed election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and his backers are occupying the capital's main square and avenues. Mr Lopez Obrador on Sunday called on his adherents to...

Tension brewing in post-election Mexico

"Natán Zaidenweber, the Mexico-born owner of a Potrero Hill software company, has called his family and friends in Mexico City every day for more than a week. "The common feeling among people I've...

100,000 gather in Mexico City to protest election

More than 100,000 people have gathered in Mexico City to support demands for a recount after last weekend's hotly disputed presidential election.

Mexico conservative edges ahead in election

"Preliminary results from Mexico's tightly fought election showing conservative candidate Felipe Calderon in the lead are unlikely to change with a recount, a senior electoral official said on Monday."