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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,...

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...

Costa Rica is the best country brand in Latin America, says the seventh annual edition of the Country Brand Index (CBI), the global study of country brand strength by Future Brand, published last November 11th.The CBI analyzes countries around...

If there’s a more apt metaphor for the messy end of the Age of Oil, I haven’t heard it. A tanker truck loaded with driveway sealant burst a valve and leaked the gooey gunge along a nearly 40-mile stretch...

The builder La Laguna working hand in hand with the Teran family in May of 2004, gave shape to what is now the only golf course to the east of San Jose, the Monteran Golf Course. The Club House...