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Monthly Archives: March, 2014

Guatemala’s 6.8 Palopó makes Buzzfeed’s global list for restaurants with incredible views

SOLOLÁ, Guatemala – Forget the list of restaurants with the most Michelin stars, the best chef or the one that boasts the best wine. The list to be featured this year has restaurants with the best views, at least according to Buzzfeed.

With Brazil’s upcoming World Cup, Pelé scores a twilight endorsement jackpot

On the second floor of a plush Rio de Janeiro mall, Pelé flashed the smile that first captivated global audiences 50 years ago and cut a ribbon to open Swiss watchmaker Hublot's first store in Latin America.

Taiwan to deliver bribery report on Guatemala ex-president

Taiwan will deliver next week a report on statements by ex-president Alfonso Portillo that he received millions of dollars in bribes from Taipei for diplomatic recognition, Guatemala said late Friday.

Service, food disappoint at Costa Rica’s pricey Andaz Papagayo

The standard Good Morning package (including breakfast) was $572, the cheapest room available. But, the resort fee per room is an additional $50, and the tax is $70, so if you only eat breakfast and stay in the smallest room, you’re looking at essentially $700/night/room. But hey, we were going to enjoy the heck out of that night!

Climate change threatens human’s and wildlife’s access to water

Sea turtles in Costa Rica face threats from poachers when they come ashore to lay their eggs, but another threat comes from the water...

Electricity rate hikes take effect in April

Electricity rates will increase by between 6.87 percent and 9.81 percent, depending on the service provider, starting next month, the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) said on Friday.

Court OKs bill authorizing medical research on humans

The Legislative Assembly next week will discuss and vote on a second and final round of debate a bill that will allow research on human subjects in Costa Rica.

National Meteorological Institute forecasts another rainy season with less precipitation in most of Costa Rica

Costa Rica will experience the effects of an El Niño weather phenomenon beginning in July, which means less rainfall for most of the country, the National Meteorological Institute reported Wednesday.

Could a shark-finning trial restore loophole in Costa Rica law?

The case started in 2011, when a boat belonging to the case’s defendant, Taiwanese-Costa Rican Kathy Tseng Chang, docked in Puntarenas, on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast. Fishermen on Tseng’s boat had allegedly carved out all of the meat, bones and innards of 36 sharks, leaving only the spinal column with the fins attached by strips of skin.

Sphere Festival, surfing nostalgia, and other happenings around Costa Rica

Sculpted from solid stone and flawlessly curved, the pre-Columbian spheres of Costa Rica are manmade wonders.

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