Guatemala ex-ruler conviction overturned

West Australian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The genocide conviction against former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt has been overturned by Guatemala's Constitutional Court, which ordered the case to be retried.The high court said the trial should be rewound to where it stood on April 19, when the case was temporarily suspended by a dispute in the judicial branch over which judges had jurisdiction.Rios Montt was convicted on May 10 of ...

Mexican Economy Continued To Weaken In Q1 2013

FXstreet - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The weakness we began to see at the end of 2012 carried over into 2013, and deepened, with domestic demand joining the weakness in global economic growth. The economy posted a growth rate of only 0.8 percent in ...

Besides being beautiful Costa Ricas beaches are the nesting sites of four endangered sea turtle species which return yearly to lay their eggs. But there is trouble for these reptiles — egg thieves.

MSNBC - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Besides being beautiful, Costa Rica's beaches are the nesting sites of four endangered sea turtle species, which return each year to lay their eggs. But there is trouble in paradise for these reptiles, namely, from egg thieves.Since 1996, it's been illegal to remove turtle eggs from beaches in Costa Rica, said Beth Adubato, a New York Institute of Technology criminologist interested in ...