Before she begins her 1,100-kilometer swim, Renate Herberger always sings a song to the African goddess Yemaya, who watches over the sea. A self-described Pagan, Herberger asks Yemaya for permission to enter the endless Pacific. On Monday, Jan. 27, she will sing that song again.
Leonardo Perucci, the Chilean-born actor and host of the 1980s TV hit Fantástico, died Tuesday at 87 after more than four decades on Costa Rican stages and screens.
