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Monthly Archives: January, 2016

Al Jazeera America news channel to close up shop

Al Jazeera America, the low-rated cable news network that sought to take on Fox News and CNN, will shut down operations at the end of April, less than three years after going on the air, the network told its staff Wednesday in a surprise move.

John Koger, owner of A Safe Passage, dies at 61

Twenty-year Costa Rica resident John Koger, the owner of bus-ticketing and travel service A Safe Passage, died of a heart attack on Nov. 9, 2015, at the age of 61.

US expands refugee program for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said allowing people from Central America's Northern Triangle countries to apply for asylum as refugees would offer a safer option for the most vulnerable migrants.

Waze now gives Costa Rica drivers advice on skirting vehicle restrictions

The latest version of the app prompts users to enter the last two digits of their license plate number and sets the route “based on your city’s road rationing policy."

Venezuela opposition drops deputies to break deadlock

Venezuela's opposition moved Wednesday to try to break the country's political deadlock by removing from the state legislature three of its deputies rejected by the government.

Guatemala swears in comedian Morales on Thursday

Comedian Jimmy Morales will become Guatemala's new president Thursday. The country's pressing problems -- poverty, corruption and violence -- aren't funny.

Cubans bound for US inch closer, arrive in Guatemala

In what they nervously hope will be the successful conclusion to a months-long odyssey through South and Central America, the first group of 180 Cubans left Costa Rica on Tuesday, landed in El Salvador and then made it further north to Guatemala by bus after traveling through the night.

Stranded Cuban migrants say goodbye to Costa Rica as airlift begins

The latest wave of Cuban migration has drawn increased skepticism from some representatives to the 1966 law that grants them preferential status in the US.

Sexual harassment allegation remains over Santa Ana mayor as Costa Rica’s municipal elections near

A five-year-old sexual harassment allegation is still hovering over Santa Ana Mayor Gerardo Oviedo, who will run for re-election in February's municipal voting.

‘You are Corcovado too,’ Costa Ricans are told in parks campaign

A new ad campaign called "Vos también sos Corcovado" is looking to attract more Costa Rican visitors to one of the country's wildest national parks.

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