Yearly Archives: 2015

Photo taken on Sept. 26, 2015 shows tourists taking photographs in the Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano, located in one of the most attractive national parks in Costa Rica. Photo: Kent Gilbert

QCOSTARICA (AFP) - Spanish authorities seized 300 kilos of cocaine worth US$11 million dollars (10 million euros) from a container loaded with pureed bananas that arrived from Costa Rica, the government tax office said Thursday. Police and customs officers found the cocaine on Monday in the Mediterranean port of Valencia,...

QCOSTARICA - Almost a decade ago, Al Gore scared the world with an Academy Award-winning documentary that argued climate change was real and inaction could destroy the planet. But as global leaders gear up to negotiate an agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions in December, the doomsday scenario in "An...