Daily Archives: June 20, 2011

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez got a visit from Cuba’s top leaders as he recovers from surgery in a Cuban hospital. Photographs published Saturday in the Cuban Communist Party newspaper, Granma, show Chávez with Cuban President Raúl Castro and his brother, … Continue reading →

Hundreds of Venezuelan troops are trying to regain control of a large prison east of Caracas where thousands of armed inmates have been holding them off for a week. Since June 12, 24 people have been killed at the El … Continue reading →

The top United Nations climate change official, a Costa Rican, said Friday that progress has been made on key issues during the just concluded negotiations in Germany, while areas that will need decisions by the world’s political leaders before a … Continue reading →

Passengers in a moving public bus have a reasonable expectation of security, but a technique crooks are now using shatters that belief. A Canadian resident on her way to Nicaragua found out the hard way Saturday. A crook activated an … Continue reading →

The national emergency commission says it is investing about $6.4 million in flood prevention work in Guanacaste. Officials of the Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias were in Guanacaste last week to outline the projects. Among … Continue reading →

The seizure of a suspected 60 kilos of cocaine demonstrated Sunday that Costa Rica has not broken up every drug gang. The country’s anti-drug police conducted 15 raids June 9 as they followed up on discoveries of cocaine shipments discovered … Continue reading →

Residents and business operators in the Pacific coast community of Sámara are organizing in an effort to seek better police protection there. The effort follows the murder of an Argentine tourist as she relaxed in an open-air hotel restaurant Thursday … Continue reading →

Jehovah’s Witnesses have launched a campaign to invite all to hear discussions about the Bible’s description of what many people refer to as the God’s Kingdom. Witnesses are convinced that each of their neighbors will be intrigued and even encouraged … Continue reading →

Thefts and robberies of U.S. passports are on the decline, although the reason or reasons are hard to pinpoint. The stolen passport trend, which gave Costa Rica a black eye, appears to have peaked in 2007 and has continued to … Continue reading →