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This prequel to the Shrek cartoon franchise, with Antonio Banderas as the heavily accented cat of the title, is an entertaining, if not rip-roaring spin-offPuss in Boots Production year: 2011 Country: USA Cert (UK): U Runtime: 90 mins Directors: Chris Miller Cast: Amy Sedaris, Antonio Banderas, Billy Bob Thornton, Salma Hayek,...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Rodrigo Sánchez said it was a real estate opportunity he couldn’t refuse.“A friend of mine told me about this business,” Sánchez, 50, said. “He said that he would pay $3 million colones (US$5,967) and...

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 obtain financing from the Brazilian Development...

For a nation that prides itself on the beauty of its environment and the diversity of its ecological heritage, Costa Rica has been remarkably slow in joining the “green” movement, which for several decades has been taking root around...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – José Rodríguez, an artisanal fisherman in Puntarenas, has minutes to make a deal every morning on the docks overlooking the Pacific Ocean.“I have to sell my fish all at once because if not, I...

BARCELONA, Spain – FC Barcelona President Sandro Rosell has a simple message for Lionel Messi: You aren’t going anywhere.Rosell said this week he has no plans to let the reigning two-time FIFA World Player of the Year depart the...

The one and only thing that George W. Bush did right during his miserable eight years in power as the president of the most powerful nation on earth, was to implement a more effective AIDS, malaria, and TB policy...

(NewsUSA) - In the Horn of Africa, barren landscapes and dirt fields surround large riverbeds that are totally dry. Herds of goats and camels, tired and emaciated, walk through parched lands in search of food and water. It's the worst...

“Costa Rica,” said Dr. Rodrigo Gamez Lobo, longtime President of INBio (National Biodiversity Institute) “is complex enough to be interesting, and small enough to be manageable.” Thanks to modern technology, I had a tremendously informative conversation with Dr. Gamez...

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,...