Mexican Researcher Calls for More Support for Men
By Wendy Anders “Government bodies should function equally for all, not only for women,” said Miguel Moctezuma Longoria, Ph.D., professor of development studies at the Autonomous University of...
View ArticleMexico’s Traditional Cattle Raising Declared Global Heritage
Addis Ababa, Dec. 1 — The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared on Thursday the Mexican charrería, a traditional horseback practice in communities dedicated...
View ArticleNature reserves in Central America push out indigenous people
The creation of protected areas and parks in Central America aimed at conserving tropical forests has pushed indigenous people off the land they have nurtured for generations, researchers said on...
View ArticleTelevisa affiliate surfaces in widening FIFA bribery probe
An unnamed company described in a sweeping probe of corruption in soccer’s world governing body FIFA matches the description of a close affiliate of Grupo Televisa, the largest broadcaster in Latin...
View ArticleWomen fall victim to violence in Mexico’s decade-old war on drugs
Denisse Velasco has been suffering from acute anxiety since spring, when she narrowly escaped being abducted from a busy street in Guadalajara, Mexico. She was waiting at a bus stop one morning when a...
View ArticlePossible Life Imprisonment for 15 Caught in Australia Cocaine Bust
Bangkok Desk, Dec. 29 — Fifteen people have been detained in Australia in connection with the seizure of 1.1 tons of cocaine in an international operation against a drug smuggling ring, police...
View ArticleCan Trump’s Planned Wall Really Keep Out Undocumented Migrants?
Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. By Britt Nelson The Mexican-American border wall remains a high...
View ArticleLow Southwest Fares to Liberia and San José, Costa Rica With Advance Purchase
By Wendy Anders Time to act if you want to nab some low fares on Southwest air which flies daily from several U.S. cities into the northern Liberia, Costa Rica airport or the San José capital airport....
View ArticleBehind Fence, Mexico’s notorious Juarez is wary of Trump’s wall
Mexicans overwhelmingly say they oppose the wall U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to build along their northern border. But in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, where extensive fencing was erected...
View ArticleFord Cancels $1.6B Mexico Project, Will Improve Michigan Plant
Mexico City, Jan. 3 — The Mexican government expressed disappointment following Tuesday’s announcement by the Ford Motor Co. that it was abandoning plans for a $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico....
View ArticleTrump assails GM over car production in Mexico, threatens tax
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose a “big border tax” on General Motors Co <GM.N> for making some of its Chevrolet Cruze compact cars in Mexico, an arrangement the...
View ArticleLatin America losing the fight against malnutrition, expert says
Food and nutrition security are not improving in Latin American – some 34 million people continue to suffer from malnutrition, 47.7 percent of children under age 5 suffer from anemia and 49.8 percent,...
View ArticleU.S. Citizen Who Shot U.S. Consul Last Week in Mexico Deported
Mexico City, Jan. 10 — Investigators have not determined why a U.S. citizen, who was arrested and later deported, shot the U.S. vice consul in Guadalajara, the capital of the western Mexican state of...
View ArticleFleeing gang warfare, more Central Americans seek refuge in Mexico and Costa...
As Juan walked to school one morning a year ago in El Salvador, two men on a motorbike sped by and fatally shot a boy on the street in front of him. The shooter took a good look at Juan’s face. As a...
View ArticleMexican Aphrodisiac Fish More Pricey Than Cocaine
Mexico City, Jan. 14 — A fish endemic to Mexico’s Gulf of California has been the target of poaching for decades because its swim bladder is highly coveted in China, where it is believed to possess...
View ArticleTelevisa and Univision Strengthen and Expand their Relationship
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and Univision Holdings, Inc. announced a strengthened and expanded relationship between the two companies by unifying both of their content development and production efforts....
View ArticlePrize-Winning Environmental Activist Gunned Down in Mexico
Mexico City, Jan 18 (EFE).- A Mexican activist honored in 2005 with the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work in the northern state of Chihuahua was murdered last weekend, a source in...
View ArticleInternational Effort to Save World’s Most Endangered Marine Species
The vaquita is a very small porpoise that lives solely in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The species is critically endangered primarily as a result of entanglement in fishing nets. Strong measures are...
View ArticleDrug Lord Chapo Guzman Pleads Not Guilty in US Court
Reputed drug lord Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman pleaded not guilty in federal court here Friday to charges of running the powerful Mexico-based Sinaloa cartel. “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman, who was assisted...
View ArticleTrump’s 1st Week: Executive Orders, Healthcare Repeal, WikiLeaks Tax Request
Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump will focus this week on trade, immigration and national security, issues about which he may sign executive orders in the coming days, chief of staff Reince...
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