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Monthly Archives: January, 2016

The US Pentagon’s latest missing missile lands in Cuba

Nobody has ever bragged about Pentagon efficiency, but even so it's been an embarrassing stretch for anyone trying to defend the Defense Department's logistics lapses and profligate ways.

Mexico captures fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, says President Peña Nieto

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities have recaptured fugitive drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, six months after his prison break, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on Friday.

Uber launches van service in Costa Rica, eyeing tourist traffic

The van service for groups of between seven and 14 is aimed at capturing families and larger groups of tourists looking to take day trips from San José.

Somali migrants in ambulance arrested on Costa Rica-Nicaragua border

Costa Rican police on Friday arrested five Somali migrants hidden in the back of a private ambulance stopped on the border with Nicaragua, authorities said.

Asylum seekers suspected in rash of New Year’s Eve assaults in Europe

At least 21 asylum seekers from the Middle East and North Africa are suspects in the New Year's Eve rampage of sexual assaults and thefts in the German city of Cologne, authorities said, even as word emerged of similar acts in Finland, Sweden and other German cities.

World’s first dengue vaccine approved in three countries

In December, the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia was approved for use in Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines, following successful clinical trials started in 2011.

Costa Rica’s poor live longer than poor in the US, study finds

If you're poor in Costa Rica, you'll probably live longer than your relatively poor counterparts in the U.S., according to a new study.

Tamarindo surfboard shaper at Cheboards back at work after brush with death

Despite a recent fall that could have been fatal, Tamarindo surfboard shaper Juan Diego Evangelista is back to doing what he loves best — making boards.

Motorcycle deaths in Costa Rica skyrocketed in past year

Motorcyclists on Costa Rican roads accounted for 150 deaths in 2015, according to authorities, who warn of a "serious problem" with motorcycles.

Girl visits Costa Rica on international fundraising quest to sing 80 national anthems

Eleven-year-old Capri Everit is using her voice to help children in need. The Canadian girl and her family visited Costa Rica as part of a anthem-singing tour of 80 countries to raise $1 million for SOS Children's Villages.

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