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Riu Hotels in Caribbean Expansion

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000

Popular hotel chain Riu Hotels & Resorts is planning to open four new hotels in Mexico, Caribbean and Costa Rica and overhaul four more in the two years. “Apple Vacations has had a long and successful partnership with Riu Hotels,” said Sandy Babin, Apple Vacations’ Vice President of Marketing. “Since 1998, Apple Vacationers have enjoyed [...]

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Costa Rican Diplomat is Latest Venezuela Kidnap Victim Freed

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:59:31 +0000

(RTTNews) – A Costa Rican diplomat who was abducted in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas earlier this week has been released unharmed by his captors, Venezuelan officials said Tuesday. In a Twitter message posted Tuesday, Venezuelan Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami said the release of Guillermo Cholele, the abducted Costa Rican diplomat, was the [...]

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Costa Rica Seeks $500 Million Bond Sale in Wake of Tax Vote

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:59:15 +0000

Costa Rica will seek to sell at least $500 million in bonds abroad this year to help sustain economic growth and improve the Central American nation’s infrastructure, Finance Minister Fernando Herrero said. Costa Rica joined Trinidad & Tobago and Bolivia in announcing plans to sell benchmark dollar bonds amid near-record low borrowing costs in the [...]

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President Laura Chinchilla – Internet Is a Source of Hope, Not a Threat

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:59:38 +0000

San José, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 Addressing the ICANN Public Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica’s 49th President, Laura Chinchilla said, “The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming [...]

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Laura Pausini returns to Costa Rica after 14 years of absence

St. Patrick’s Day in Latin America

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:59:03 +0000

Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day that celebrates the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 of March. Legend has it that St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland for, among other things, raising the dead and driving snakes out of Ireland. In the [...]

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Cummins Forms Partnership in Central America

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:59:15 +0000

Cummins Inc. , an engine maker based in Columbus, Ind., has formed a joint venture with Grupo Laeisz to distribute and service Cummins engines, generators and parts in a region that includes Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras. The joint venture will be called Cummins Centroamérica, according to a news release Wednesday. Laeisz has been [...]

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Venezuelan Primary Candidates Aim to End Chavez Rule

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000

(CNN) – Venezuelan voters hoping for an end to Hugo Chavez’s presidency head to the polls Sunday to pick a candidate to compete against him. The five opposition candidates vying for a spot on the ballot have agreed on one thing: supporting whoever wins the primary. The unified front could be a key weapon in the [...]

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A Green World Cup in 2014

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:48:25 +0000

Brazil’s government adopting measures aimed at producing the first sustainable World Cup in history. By Nelza Oliveira for Infosurhoy.com RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil wants 2014 to be the year the World Cup goes green. The road to a sustainable soccer competition begins with the 12 stadiums of the host cities. In order to [...]

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Dominican Republic working to eradicate child labor

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:55:09 +0000

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The number of children working in dangerous or illegal jobs fell 14% in the past 10 years in the Dominican Republic – a remarkable turnaround from just a decade ago, when the country was called out for its high rate of child labor. Officials lauded the findings by the Labor [...]

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Immigration rising in Brazil

Immigration rising in Brazil

TCRN STAFF — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:03:35 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The growth of the Brazilian economy, together with the shortage of skilled labor, is attracting more foreign workers to the country. During the first half of 2011, a record 26,545 work visas were issued to foreigners – an increase of 19% compared to the same period in 2010, according to [...]

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Paraná penitentiary offers music as therapy

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:59:28 +0000

CURITIBA, Brazil – Vera wanted to sing, but she lost her breath every time she tried to raise her voice. As one of the 24 inmates in the Águia News Choir, at the Women’s Work Release Center (CRAF) in Curitiba, Paraná, it took a month of music for her to give up a 17-year addiction [...]

Currency controls hurting Venezuelans

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:33:57 +0000

Maracaibo, Venezuela – Coromoto Torres can’t wait for her first trip overseas. Her bags are packed, her airline tickets are purchased and several years of savings have given her a purse full of bolívares. All her passport needs is a departure stamp. But she can’t take her first trip outside South America because she doesn’t [...]

Central America: Synthetic drug market grows

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:30:29 +0000

MANAGUA, Nicaragua and GUATEMALA CITY – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) has made it perfectly clear to Central America: It must do a lot more to stop the rise of the trafficking and consumption of synthetic drugs. That’s because synthetic drugs such as LSD, speed and ecstasy have displaced cocaine and heroin throughout [...]

Argentina in 2011 and its rebound

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:59:12 +0000

Argentina is said to have a long history of instability with regards to politics and this has been the situation since the World War II. Argentina had almost went into a coma during its economic crisis in 2001 but it was able to rebound from this situation soon enough. During the economic crisis in 2008, [...]

Guatemala: Air pollution challenging authorities

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:45:13 +0000

Guatemala City – The nation’s levels of air pollution are alarming and the problem gets worse each year, according to the Annual Report on Air Monitoring. Authored by the Universidad de San Carlos (USAC) since 1995, the report concludes the main cause of poor air quality is exhaust from vehicles, specifically those used in public [...]