Pastor Sparks Controversy by Asking Parishioner to Give Up His Land Because God Commands It
An Evangelical pastor in Honduras ignited a heated online debate after asking a parishioner to hand over his land to the Church by divine command. In a viral video that has been doing the rounds on Latino social media for weeks, Jorge Pompa, an evangelical pastor from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, can be seen pressuring a local […]
Costa Rican Inmates Use “Trained Cats” to Smuggle Cell Phones into Prisons
Mobile phones being smuggled into prisons is a worldwide problem, but Costa Rica may have recently became the first country where people are using “trained cats” to deliver cell phones into prisons. On Tuesday morning, the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice released a video of a cat intercepted while trying to make its way into La Reforma […]
Humane Bullfighting in Costa Rica – No one Can Hurt the Bull but the Bull Can Kill Anyone
While the bullfights of Spain and Mexico generally don’t end well for the bull, Costa Ricans prefer to do things differently. Since cattle are revered as a source of income for thousands of farming families in the nation, they don’t consider it practical to kill bulls for sport. Although bullfights are a main event at Zapote […]
Company in Honduras Allegedly Forced Employees to Wear Diapers at Work
A Korean and American capital company in Honduras is being accused by union leaders and former employees of forcing its workers to wear diapers in order to increase their productivity. Company representatives have denied the allegations but an investigation is already under way. Last Saturday, Daniel Duron, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Workers, denounced […]
Panama’s El Valle de Anton – Where Trees Are Square
A few miles north of the Panama Canal Zone is the Valley of Square Trees a unique tourist attraction where trees of the cottonwood family have rectangular trunks. Unique in the entire world, this group of square-shaped cottonwood trees grow in a valley created from the ashes of a giant volcano – El Valle de […]
The All Saints Day Giant Kite Festival of Guatemala
Every November 1st, the people of Santiago Sacatepéquez , Guatemala celebrate the Day of the Dead by flying giant colorful kites, during the All Saints Day Kite Festival. Known as “barilletas gigantes” in Spanish, the giant kites of Santiago Sacatepéquez are masterpieces that take great skill and patience to complete. Months before the Kite Festival, […]