Costa Rica has become the latest Latin American country to introduce rationing due to drought, announcing Thursday it will limit access to electricity for which it relies heavily on hydro-generation. Dams that feed the country’s hydro-electric plants were low due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said. “This El Nino has really been the […]
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The World Bank approved a $350 million loan for Costa Rica to fund infrastructure and climate and disaster resilience projects, the lender said on Friday. The program is to fund investments in critical infrastructure for flood control and slope stabilization, as well as the reconstruction of bridges and roads damaged by […]
A Villa Rica High School employee is being investigated after accusations of sexual relationships with multiple students. On Feb. 16, the Carroll County School District notified the Villa Rica Police Department of an allegation that had been made to them about a Villa Rica High School employee being involved in an inappropriate relationship with a […]
BATTLE CREEK — Through its inclusive space and its involvement in downtown events, Café Rica has consistently shown up for the community. On Tuesday, the community made sure to show up for Café Rica. Five days after a shooting left one man dead and a police officer injured inside the coffee shop, residents poured in […]
By Alvaro Murillo and Isabel Woodford SAN JOSE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Long a byword for laidback environmental tourism, Costa Rica is now wrestling with a surge in violence so striking that its government is borrowing a page from nearby El Salvador, which took draconian steps to tackle its own crime problems. In an effort to […]