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Call her the miracle lady on the hill -- one with a brain aneurysm whose healing was declared a miracle, clearing the way for the late John Paul II to become a saint.

Last week, PeaceJam held their sixth annual Southeast conference. Middle school and high school students came from all over the region to attend the event hosted by Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee.

KARLA BLANCO started working for Intel in 1997, when the microchip giant opened its factory in the Costa Rican rainforest.

April 15th, 2014 Mercedes PeA as Domingo will become Costa Rica's First Lady when Luis Guillermo Solis is inaugurated on May 8th, but her identity - even her face - is a mystery to most in the country.

These days, it's easy for high school students to become ensconced in a world consisting of classes, schoolwork, athletics, social events, and college applications.

April 15th, 2014 The controversial border road between Costa Rica and Nicaragua which has become known as "La Trocha," will see the construction of ten bridges over the next 90 days, at a cost of nearly $6 million USD.

Waves and high tides are eating away at the beaches in Costa Rica's Cahuita National Park, where the vegetation is uprooted and washed into the sea.

At least eight people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that ripped through parts of Chilean port city Valparaiso, causing the evacuation of thousands of residents as authorities battled the blaze.

In the HBO PPV opener to the Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley rematch card at the MGM Grand, Bryan Vasquez took on Jose Felix in a super feather attraction, and this was supposed to be, many thought, a steppingstone fight for the prospect Felix.

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A fire pushed by strong Pacific coast winds ripped through parts of the Chilean port city Valparaiso on Saturday, destroying at least 100 houses and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents as authorities battled the blaze.

Just as residents of Managua were clearing up the damage from an earthquake on Thursday, a second earthquake struck Nicaragua on Friday.

'Lucas wanted to change the world for the better': Parents' heartache after British teenager plummets to his death while leading a rock climbing trip in Costa Rica Tragic: Lucas Drummond, 16, from Hackney, north London, has plummeted to his death while leading a rock climbing expedition in Costa Rica The parents of a 16-year-old British schoolboy ... (more)

A strong earthquake hit southwest Nicaragua on Friday, the second in as many days, shaking buildings in the capital Managua and as far away as San Jose in Costa Rica, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Moment federal agents tasered son of last Nevada rancher as critics accuse officers of acting like they're in 'Tiananmen Square' in fight over the right to graze land TEN dead - including five teens - and more than 30 injured when bus carrying high school students in California explodes into flames after it collides head-on with FedEx truck 'Reeva ... (more)

April 10th, 2014 The US Embassy in San JosA© responded yesterday to a television interview broadcast by Russian global broadcaster, RT, on April 8th in which president-elect Luis Guillermo Solis criticized the Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and the United States, known as CAFTA.

Developers say the Golfito Marina Village & Resort's deep-water marina will accommodate "gigayachts" up to 350 feet.

SantamarA a, a drummer boy from the town of Alajuela, had volunteered for his country's impromptu militia; his moment of glory came when the commanding officer asked for a volunteer to set fire to El MesA3n de Guerra - the filibusters' stronghold.

The Lapa's Nest Tree House in Costa Rica features rooms perched above the rainforest floor in a guanacaste tree These aren't features typically associated with hotels, but the most interesting places to stay in Latin America somehow make them work.