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.
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.
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.
Fourteen inbound flights and four outbound flights were cancelled or delayed because of the eruption, an airport spokeswoman said. The airport was set to reopen provisionally at 4:00 a.m. Friday.
Before you head to the International Arts Festival (FIA), be advised: Most of the events scheduled for Alajuelita and San Ignacio de Acosta have been cancelled.
Up until now Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has repeatedly expressed doubts about allowing the crime-fighting commission to continue working in the country, saying it had completed its mission but hadn't achieved important accomplishments. The president's decision to extend the commission's work comes as a major tax fraud scandal unfolds involving high-level officials.
The White House identified the hostages killed as U.S. contractor Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto. Both had disappeared years earlier in Pakistan.
