Chile quake: The view from Valdivia
Assessing the damage from a city that has already faced "the big one."
VALDIVIA, Chile – One of the world’s six-largest earthquakes in recorded history has left hundreds dead and damaged buildings, roads, and bridges throughout central Chile.
Chileans slowly are becoming aware of the breadth of the disaster, which President Michelle Bachelet called "a catastrophe of devastating consequences."
Chile’s...
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Costa Rica could elect its first female president. Given its progressive laws on women in politics, it's a wonder it's taken this long.
Otto: Not Che Guevara
Costa Ricans are confused about whether a libertarian candidate for president is on the right or left.
Special Report
20 correspondents, 20 countries and a world of pain. Meet the ground truth of the global economic crisis.
Memories of harder times in Costa Rica
The death of a controversial former president has jogged memories of Costa Rica's worst economic crisis.
Costa Rican creates plasma rocket to pick up space trash
Franklin Chang Diaz wants to fuel the International Space Station and transport people to Mars with his plasma rocket.
The race for carbon neutrality
Costa Rica wants to be the first country to go entirely carbon neutral. But do rising automobile emissions threaten that goal?
China and Costa Rica move toward free trade agreement
China wants ties in the region, Costa Rica wants Chinese goods. But not everyone's pleased.
That ought to bring them in
Mother Jungle - Costa Rica - March 18, 2010 17:19 ET
Sign making has never been a big tradition in Costa Rica. Unlike the famous posters of U.S. highways and just about everywhere else, after the autopista here, the signage gets a bit smaller, but nonetheless, sort of interesting. I’ve seen signs for puppies on fences...
Zoo Ave
Four in Costa Rica - Costa Rica - March 16, 2010 09:24 ET
Twenty years ago, Zoo Ave (ZOH AH-vay), or “Bird Zoo” opened in La Garita to feed, shelter, and provide health care for mistreated and orphaned birds and animals here in Costa Rica. The zoo’s goal is to rehabilitate animals and release them back into the wild, but some...
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