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Monthly Archives: May, 2015

Expotur travel mart showcases hotels, tours, transport — and guaro

Some 800 people packed into the Wyndham Herradura Hotel on Thursday for Expotur, Costa Rica’s annual travel trade show extravaganza, where tourism professionals meet to network, make deals and showcase their hotels, tours and transportation options.

Record Number of Americans Renounce Citizenship Amid Tax Compliance Pressure

WASHINGTON D.C. — More Americans living outside the United States gave up their citizenship in the first quarter of 2015 than ever before, according...

Death toll in Mexico drug cartel’s attack on chopper rises to 8

A policewoman and a soldier succumbed to their wounds nearly a week after an attack by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel on a military helicopter. Six soldiers were found dead in the fiery crash after the attack.

Divorce trial in U.S. causes cooking gas shortage in Costa Rica

The ensuing legal drama for ownership of Gas Zeta has left its propane customers in Costa Rica — nearly 70 percent of the country — scrambling to find cooking fuel for homes, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools and even prisons.

Solís looks to reset relations with Costa Rican media

Solís signed the Declaration of Chapultepec on Wednesday, a commitment that "No law or act of government may limit freedom of expression or of the press, whatever the medium.”

Costa Rica government says it will reinstate in vitro fertilization within 6 months

Costa Rica is the only country in the Western Hemisphere to completely ban in vitro fertilization. Some 70 couples are suing the government for denying them the right to undergo the procedure, asking for compensation of up to ₡150 million each.

Mathematics tracks the hip-hop ‘revolution’

PARIS – Of all the music styles to emerge in the last 50 years, none took the world by storm quite like hip-hop, said researchers Wednesday who tracked pop's evolution with cold, hard stats.

Cuban leader’s daughter organizes symbolic gay weddings

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Raúl Castro's daughter Mariela, a lawmaker and gay-rights activist, said Tuesday her organization would hold symbolic gay weddings this weekend in a call for equal rights.

Bandits steal monitoring equipment from Turrialba Volcano

Among the stolen volcano monitoring equipment: a car battery, solar panel, Trimble NetR9 Global Navigation Satellite System and a Pelican brand case.

Qatar is building seven ‘cities’ just to house its World Cup migrant workers

The new "accommodation centers," as a report by Agence France Presse dubs them, are part of the Qatari government's attempt to upgrade living conditions for the hundreds of thousands of migrants toiling in the tiny, petro-rich kingdom.

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