Yearly Archives: 2015

(TODAY COLOMBIA) The Colombian government is failing to provide adequate support to child soldiers that escape illegal armed groups, the country’s highest ranking human rights official said. Colombia’s Ombudsman, Jorge Armando Otalora, claimed that social and economic reintegration for these victims is not offered under current legislature which ignores the...

(QCOSTARICA) The prison break of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, after stepping into a shower and slipping into a tunnel of the maximum-security prison in that country, authorities in Costa Rica have stepped up security at the country's borders. According to the communication office of the immigration...

(QCOSTARICA) Information about salaries of officials at the state run telecoms company have been released, which include the more than ¢2 million colones (US$4,000) a month paid to a chauffeur. An article in Prensalibre.cr reports that "... legislator Otto Guevara unveiled the list of salaries of 22,000 officials working in...