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US urges Haiti leaders to hold elections soon

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Haiti to hold parliamentary elections as soon as possible to end a political crisis that has sparked violent protests in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Former US Ambassador to Costa Rica Anne S. Andrew launches pongamia biofuels venture

Andrew thinks Costa Rica's Guanacaste region is ideal for growing pongamia, thanks to the northwestern province's hot, dry climate. Parts of Guatemala, a leading producer of palm oil, also are well suited to the leguminous tree, which requires less water and fertilizer than other crops, she said.

Activists decry ‘genocide’ of gay, lesbian and transgender organizers in Central America

Facing violence and criminal impunity in their countries of origin, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have become the latest face of Central American displacement, and they have turned to Costa Rica for refuge.

Cannabis on a high in 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – It's been something of a breakthrough year for marijuana, the once shunned intoxicant that is steadily gaining ground as a legal high in parts of the world.

Robin Williams is Google’s top search trend; in Costa Rica, it’s Keylor Navas

SAN FRANCISCO, California – Robin Williams's death had people worldwide scouring the Internet for insights into the famed comic's life, making him the hottest search trend of the year on Google, the web giant said Tuesday. In Costa Rica, the top-trending Google search was superstar goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

Tico Times Travel Beta: A New Beginning

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Mosquito-borne dengue targeted by antibody with hope for vaccine

LONDON — Scientists have discovered new antibodies that neutralize viruses that cause dengue, potentially putting a universal vaccine within reach for a mosquito-borne illness that strikes an estimated 400 million people a year.

US families of Sandy Hook massacre victims sue gunmaker

NEW YORK – Families of victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre filed a U.S. lawsuit Monday seeking damages from the manufacturers of the high-powered assault rifle used in the slaughter.

6 dead in US shootings; suspect at large

NEW YORK – A gunman killed six people and seriously wounded another Monday in a series of shootings near the northeastern U.S. city of Philadelphia, authorities said, as police hunted for the suspect.

Gunman, 2 hostages killed and 4 wounded as Australian police storm sieged cafe

At least three people were killed and four wounded as heavily armed Australian police early Tuesday dramatically stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a day-long siege sparked when an Iranian-born Islamist took more than a dozen people hostage.

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