What was once novel – the warm décor, the gentle music, the faux-Italian lingo – has become banal. Today's coffee snobs would rather snort Sanka than set foot inside a Starbucks.
Two years after Costa Rica passed an aggressive national anti-smoking law, the number of illegal smokes seized by law enforcement has skyrocketed by 89 percent, according to figures from the Finance Ministry.
Eminem, Skrillex, Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys. Those are four of the six headliners at this year's Lollapalooza music-fest, a three-day affair from Aug. 1-3 in the Windy City's Grant Park, according to Chicago music insider Greg Kot.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's credit rating was cut by the third ratings agency in three months, as Fitch Ratings said accelerating inflation and weakening growth had fueled a wave of street protests.
BRASÍLIA – Brazil must convince markets that it can grow its economy while also slash spending and curtail inflation, analysts said after the country's credit rating sunk to near junk status.
President Nicolás Maduro told a meeting of South American foreign ministers that the three generals, who were not identified, had been in contact with the opposition and "were trying to rise up against the legitimately constituted government."
The fertility rate of Costa Rican women was 1.76 children in 2013, the lowest rate in the country’s history and the fifth consecutive year below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, according to an official source.
The White House has proposed to halt the National Security Agency's controversial bulk telephone data collection of U.S. .citizens, a program which sparked a vast public outcry.
