Following deadly attacks in Boston and an attempted poisoning of the president with ricin, Costa Rica will employ 1,000 police officers, 180 intelligence agents, 150 Traffic Police officers and an unreported number of U.S. Secret Service agents to guard the U.S. and Central American presidents.
The United States has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the world's wealthiest drug trafficker.
U.S. involvement in Mexico’s deteriorating internal security first peaked in the mid-1980s when the cocaine epidemic in the United States turned the southern neighbor into a prosperous distribution route north.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble: "You cannot create lasting growth simply by printing money or going into more debt. You have to gradually put in order what isn't in order."
But Microsoft will need to do a better job of convincing existing customers, as well as newer companies seeking to reduce computing costs, why they should opt for Azure.
