ARIES March 21 – April 20 Be careful to avoid going to extremes this week-hard as that might be. You are going to run into some opposition particularly in matters involving career or finances and you must fight the urge to “get even”. Look for support from a friend/co-worker who can keep you focused and help [...]
Let’s pick up where we left off in my last column on the importance of a “due diligence” tour of Costa Rica before zeroing in on a retirement target of moving here. So let’s say you have made a few trips down, found a community that suits your lifestyle and pocketbook and located a cadre [...]
Before I dare to delve into the New Testament, a disclaimer. I’m not a Christian, don’t believe in Jesus as ‘The Crucified Lord,” and feel that organized religions are inimical to the religious mind. That said, one of the most fascinating verses in the Gospels is, “Let the dead bury their dead.” The line is [...]
Monterrey, Mexico – Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León intend to recruit 11,000 officers in the coming years to bolter a recently created police force after acknowledging the existing one has been corrupted and infiltrated by organized crime. “It’s a real challenge to recruit new police officers at such a complex time,” said [...]
San José, Costa Rica. “El Compromiso,” the latest feature-film by Costa Rican filmmaker Oscar Castillo, along with other 79 audiovisual works from Central America and the Caribbean will be showing at the San José International Film and Video Festival which began last Friday and will end next November 6th. Previously known as the Costa Rican [...]
San José, Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s Public Transportation Council (CTP) put out to tender 100 license plates for “Taxis Aeropuerto,” a certified service that offers tourists visiting Costa Rica, a safe transportation service to, and from their destination in Costa Rica. People interested in providing this service will have until November 28th to present their [...]
This has been the conclusion of the videoconference “Presentation of the Jatropha curcas L. network for investigation, development, and innovation in the production of biodiesel in Latin America and the Caribbean,” organized by the Hemispheric Program in Agroenergy and Biofuel of the Interamerican Cooperation Institute for Agriculture (IICA). Representatives of technology and investigation centers, ministries [...]
Nery Brenes ran the best 400m of his life (44.65) to give Costa Rica a historic gold while Brazil’s Olympic champion Maurren Higa Maggi completed her triple crown in the Long Jump Wednesday last week on the fourth day of the athletics tournament of the 16th Pan American Games. Running in lane one, Brenes moved [...]
Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Latin America and the Caribbean are the world’s cleanest regions when it comes to energy sources. Renewable sources meet 30% of the demand for primary energy – transport, industry and commerce – in the region, well above the worldwide average of 13%, says Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, a senior energy specialist [...]
A friend wrote with a question that goes right to the heart of the human crisis: “When we experience the still place within us during the negation of thought, is that when the fragmentation of humankind has the potential to cease?” There are two parts to this question, beginning at the individual level (not the [...]
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