Costa Rica Retirement Ranked in Top 5 Best

A recent study on the world's top retirement locations by CBS MoneyWatch, Costa Rica retirement had a strong showing and ranked #5 on their list.

The Biggest, Big Whorehouse in Central America

Woman Goes Missing in Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Kim Paris, Aged 33 Missing on Nicoya Peninsula

Kim Paris is a 33 year French National from Montreal who has gone missing from the Nicoya beach community of Santa Teresa in Costa Rica. She was last seen on August 25, while leaving the Latitude 10 Resort on a bicycle some time after 12pm. Kim has been living in Santa Teresa de Cóbano de Puntarenas since January of this year, and people in the area have been passing out flyers in the search for her.

Private-public sector team from Guyana to visit Kuwait

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The government of Guyana, the private sector and the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce are currently working on putting together a team to travel to Kuwait, to pursue investments and build relations.

New York mayor to host West Indians at Gracie Mansion

by Bevan Springer
New York Amsterdam News

NEW YORK, USA -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is getting set to once again welcome hundreds of influencers in New York's Caribbean-American community to his official residence next Thursday, August 12 to kick-off celebrations for the 43rd West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) Labor Day Parade.

Castro autobiography describes rebel shaped by childhood

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming autobiography published online on Thursday by Cubadebate.com.
"I wasn't born a politician, although as a young child I observed events that were seared in my mind and helped me understand the world's realities," said Castro in "The Strategic Victory," one week before his 84th birthday.

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UK Prime Minister's Father Died in France after Stroke

David Cameron's father died today after a suffering a stroke on holiday, shortly after the prime minister arrived at his bedside at a hospital in the south of France where he was being treated.

Downing Street confirmed that Ian Cameron, who was 77, passed away after being admitted to hospital suffering a stroke and heart problems.

Russia and India colonize Moon

The main tasks of the new Indo-Russian project Luna-Resource in the coming years include study of the Moon's poles by landers and delivery from the lunar surface to Earth samples of water and other substances. Research will shed light on the mystery of the origin of our planet, solar system and universe. Start of the project is scheduled for 2013.

The aftermath of Iraqi massacre

The war in Iraq began on March 20, 2003. Former US President George Bush sent troops there under the pretext that the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction. But the UN inspectors did not find them there.