Yearly Archives: 2015

In this caricature by Crhoy.com, we see former president Jose Maria Figueres Olson (left) and former two-time president Oscar Arias, propping up his puppet (Francisco Antonio Pacheco), to be the lion king (president) of the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN. Figueres won out in the votes!

CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS (CNN/Reuters) - Guatemala's Fuego volcano "fire volcano" belched black ash into the sky on Saturday, causing the government to evacuate 100 nearby residents and forcing the closure of the capital's international airport, President Otto Perez told reporters. The volcano, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of the...

QCOSTARICA - The stepfather accused of beating a 2 year old child to death was himself victim of a brutal beating at the San Sebastian jail, in San José. The man, identified by his last name, Icabalceta, was ordered to four months preventive detention by a Los Chiles, Alajuela, while...