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UPDATE: Thousands dead in Nepal quake, deadly avalanche on Everest

Officials said at least 876 people are known to have died in Nepal, making it the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years. Ten people were reportedly killed when an avalanche buried parts of Mount Everest's base camp in Nepal where hundreds of mountaineers have gathered at the start of the annual climbing season.

Smitten while in Cuba? Better call the love detective before you commit

HAVANA — As they begin to visit this long-forbidden island in greater and greater numbers, it is only natural that some travelers from the U.S. will fall in love with Cuba. Others, with Cubans.

In Argentina’s malbec region, cheap land has foreigners’ attention

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – As an autumn chill settles over the Southern Hemisphere, the harvested Argentine vineyards mottling yellow and russet, José Manuel Ortega's winery rises amid snow-capped Andean foothills.

Everyday Adventures in Costa Rica: Tree Climbing in the Osa Peninsula

I was in the Osa Peninsula's Matapalo, which means "strangler fig," so what the heck, I agreed to climb 68 feet up a strangler...

Four arrested in protest against El Salvador abortion laws

Salvadoran law provides for a sentence of two to eight years in prison for induced abortion. But if a spontaneous abortion is considered to be self-induced, the woman can be prosecuted for murder and face a sentence of up to 50 years in prison.

Mexico opens probe after girl wrongly sent to US

Alondra Luna Nunez was mistakenly flown to Texas on April 16 after a judge in the western state of Michoacan ruled in favor of a Houston woman who believed Luna was her daughter.

Arts Festival, Star Wars convention, and other happenings around Costa Rica

A roundup of events taking place April 24 – May 2.

Costa Rica Love Hostel: Big adventure on a small budget

At as little as $6 a night, the Costa Rica Love Hostel may be the budget traveler’s dream deal. Located in Santo Domingo de Heredia, this low-dollar lodging with the funny name is a bargain in more ways than one.

Costa Rica’s International Arts Festival draws crowds

If you hadn’t heard the drama, you would think everything had gone exactly as planned.

Who made your clothes? Join the Fashion Revolution and find out

Carry Somers and Orsola de Castro, co-founders of Fashion Revolution, chose April 24 as the date for the campaign to commemorate the Rana Plaza disaster that occurred in Dhaka, Bangladesh two years ago today. An eight-story commercial building housing clothing factories collapsed because of a structural failure, killing 1100 people and injuring 2500 others.

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