Alta Gracia Boutique Hacienda Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica (PRWEB) December 14, 2015 - In response to the rising popularity of Costa Rica’s verdant Pérez Zeledón region as a tourist destination, Sansa Airlines, a local subsidiary of Latin American airline Avianca, will launch three weekly flights from San Jose International Airport to San Isidro airfield starting December 15, 2015. The new time-s...

Source: Allegro Papagayo NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With the New Year quickly approaching, priceline.com, a leader in online and mobile travel and part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN), analyzed hotel bookings for 2016 to forecast where travelers will be heading. Once again, the number one spot on priceline.com's list of top destinations for 2016 goes to Las Vegas, NV, ...

Media Release by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba - The President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, arrived in Havana yesterday, December 13, leading a delegation of government officials and business leaders with the goal of strengthening relations with Cuba. Solís indicated that during the official visit, he hoped to conclude the process of normalization of bilate...

Coffee Review, a popular online publication known to millions of coffee lovers as the "Wine Spectator of the coffee industry," has just revealed its third annual ranking of the year's top coffees and espressos, and two blends from Costa Rica are among the Top 30 for 2015. Coffees appearing on the list were grown in 11 different countries. The most frequently appearing origins are Panama and Eth...

Source: Facebook A young forward-striker from Costa Rica is making quite an impression in the prestigious Bartclays English Premier League. As recently explained by sports writer Max Jones of Arsenal.com: Arsène Wenger says Joel Campbell is proving he has the talent to be a key player for Arsenal. The Costa Rica forward has impressed for the Gunners during his first full campaign, claiming...

MIAMI (PRWEB) December 08, 2015 - Global Stem Cells Group announced plans to develop and host six new symposiums in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Ecuador in 2016. According to Global Stem Cells Group CEO Benito Novas, the lineup of Latin American conferences will be a Spanish circuit of disclosure and discussion of the science related to regenerative medicine. The decision fo...

CALGARY, Dec. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet will today launch new non-stop service from Calgary to Huatulco, its tenth destination in Mexico, and add new non-stop flights from Calgary to Liberia, Costa Rica, beginning on December 19. With these new services, WestJet will operate 109 daily departures to 47 destinations from Calgary International Airport this winter, an increase of 12 and 17 per cent ...

Humane Society International Media Release - The National Animal Health Department (SENASA) responded to nearly 3,924 complaints about animal welfare issues, including animal hoarding, puppy mills and dogfighting in Costa Rica’s metropolitan region in 2015, according to a report released today by the department. Humane Society International/Latin America, through its partnership with SENASA, has b...

Wikimedia Commons Quito, Dec 11 (EFE).- Ecuador and Sweden have signed an agreement that will enable Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador's embassy in London, the Andean nation said Friday. Negotiations began in June and the agreement was reached on Thursday, Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that it will enter into force "in the c...

Source: VIDA Facebook An arrest has been made in the brutal murder of Sondra Lynn Elizondo, a 46-year old charity worker from the United States, who was found raped, stabbed and suffocated in a love hotel near the capital city of Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by Manuel Estrada of daily tabloid Diario Extra, detectives from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initia...

Source: MSP Pew Charitable Trusts Media Release - Already recognized for its conservation policies, Costa Rica has become a champion in the fight against illegal fishing by ratifying the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the international treaty to stop illegally caught fish from entering the market. Under the agreement, countries will deny landing and other port services to vessels involv...

Source: Fast Casual BOSTON, Dec. 10, 2015 () -- Così, Inc. (NASDAQ:COSI), the fast-casual restaurant company, today announced that its franchisee, Fast Casual Ltda., has opened its sixth Così® restaurant in Costa Rica at Nuevo City Plaza, located next to the main movie theater in Santa Ana, part of the western suburbs of San Jose. “We are pleased to announce the opening of another new Così re...

Source: VMware CINDE Press Release - San José, Costa Rica. 10 December 2015. VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, today inaugurated its new operations center in Costa Rica. During inauguration ceremonies, the company announced its intention to continue to hire local talent and grow its presence in the local market. The inauguration of ...

Source: Flickr Commons A woman from the United States was found dead in Barrio La California, a residential district located near Downtown San Jose, by housekeepers who suspect she may have been killed by her romantic partner. The incident, which took place earlier this week, was reported by metro reporter Manuel Estrada of daily tabloid Diario Extra. The victim has been identified by the l...

As officials in Costa Rica work on a “Plan C” to allow stranded Cuban migrants to reach their desired destination in the United States, desperation is being felt across the various shelters in the northern region of the country. Nearly 5,000 stranded Cubans are currently sheltered in Costa Rica; their situation has been exacerbated by the actions of the government of Nicaragua against them. Whe...

Source: iCafe COSTA RICA, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- During last month's International Coffee Week (SINTERCAFE), an event that gathered more than 500 professionals of the coffee industry from around the world, Café de Costa Rica announced its commitment to becoming the world's first fully environmentally sustainable coffee-producing region. "With growing exports towards the United States,...

Source: SWAmedia.com DALLAS, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announced plans to complement its growing portfolio of international routes by offering nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport in Liberia/Guanacaste, Costa Rica beginning in April 2016. Southwest® expects to operate the service dai...

WASHINGTON, DC – Illicit financial flows from developing and emerging economies surged to  US$1.1 trillion in 2013, according to a study released Wednesday by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, DC-based research and advisory organization. Authored by GFI Chief Economist Dev Kar and GFI Junior Economist Joseph Spanjers, the report pegs cumulative illicit outflows from developing econom...

Dr. Mario Bonilla Within the dental tourism industry of Costa Rica, the New Smile Dental Group stands out as one of the pioneering and most successful clinics in our country. The New Smile Dental Group is unique in the sense that it operates in a way that fully supports the interests and well-being of dental tourists. Located about 11 miles away from the Juan Santamaria International Airpor...

Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, NEW YORK (PRWEB) DECEMBER 08, 2015 - CheapOair®, the first flights-focused hybrid travel agency, today announced its top ten most popular domestic and international destinations consumers are traveling to for the holiday season this year. The list of top ten international destinations includes several cities that are favored by tourists, such as San Juan, Cancun and ...

Wikimedia Commons MANHATTAN, Kansas. – The Kansas Department of Agriculture is seeking individuals to participate in a beef genetics trade mission to Costa Rica on Feb. 22-26, 2016. In an effort to increase market opportunities for U.S. and Kansas beef genetics, this provides an opportunity for Kansas purebred beef cattle producers and allied industry to continue developing relationships w...

Source: Facebook This past weekend, a drug interdiction operation carried out by security forces in Nicaragua ended up with a shootout, a suicide, and several arrests, which include the detention of a lingerie model from Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the lingerie model has been identified as Adriana C...

Source: Landsvest Three investment groups in three countries are working together to come up with capital to develop an ambitious project in Costa Rica, one which will include a tournament-grade golf course designed by the legendary Jack Nicklaus. According to a recent news report filed by Terence Cullen of the Commercial Observer, New York-based investment firm Colliers International is tr...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After a decade-long commodity super cycle, the 2016 growth outlook for Latin America remains subdued as external and domestic risks persist, says Fitch Ratings in a new special report. Against this backdrop, Fitch expects little upward sovereign rating movement in the region in 2016. To the contrary, negative rating pressures could increase if countries are unable to adj...

The dental tourism experience in Costa Rica is characterized by affordable treatments performed by dedicated professionals who are keenly aware of each patient's situation and desired outcomes. Not all dental clinics in Costa Rica offer all the treatments sought by dental tourists; as a general rule, few patients fly down here for the sole purpose of getting a dental cleaning and polishing, alt...

Source: SK Telecom SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced that it signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to jointly launch a pilot project in Costa Rica to enhance children’s learning capacity in mathematics. The agreement signing ceremony took place at IDB headquarters located in Washington D.C. The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB or IDB or BID) is t...

Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica – December 07, 2015 – The Holiday Season is here, and a great time for Costa Rica Day Tours. Blue River Resort & Hot Springs in Costa Rica has the solution for what to do and see in Costa Rica. Their Costa Rica Package Tours are the key to exploring and enjoying all that this paradise has to offer. Many travelers proclaim the north side of Costa Rica’s Rincon de ...

Paris (PRWEB) December 07, 2015 - At the COP 21 this week, the government of Australia announced the creation of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon. It will bring together governments non-profit organizations, intergovernmental agencies, and scientists to increase understanding of, and accelerate action on the important role of coastal blue carbon ecosystems in climate change action. Fo...

Wikimedia Commons Cartagena, Colombia, Dec 5 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Saturday that the legendary galleon San Jose, a Spanish ship that was sunk in 1708 near Cartagena of the Indies with a cargo of gold and silver coins, was found at dawn last Nov. 27. "I feel very pleased, as head of state, to inform Colombians that undoubtedly, without a doubt of any kind, ...

PARIS (December 5, 2015)—Today, countries, states, and financial and civil society institutions have announced new restoration pledges for Latin American and Caribbean through Initiative 20x20, a country-led effort to bring degraded and deforested land into restoration by 2020. The new commitments bring the total area to be restored to 27.7 million hectares (or about 95,700 square miles, an area r...

"FedReserve Atlanta" by Atlantacitizen at the English language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons MDC Press Release - Miami, December 4, 2015 - Miami Dade College (MDC) Provost of Operations Dr. Rolando Montoya has been unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Miami Branch. Dr. Montoya has been serving on the Board since Janu...

Source: MSP In the eastern suburbs of San Jose, officers from Fuerza Publica (the national police force of Costa Rica) rescued a snowman that had been illegally taken from a second floor balcony. The incident occurred past the midnight hour of Friday, and it unfolded in the residential community of Los Olimpos, located in the Purral district of the Goicochea canton. According to official pr...

XTERRA World Tour arrived in Guanacaste in March 2014 December 2, 2015 (Honolulu, HI) – TEAM Unlimited, owners and producers of the XTERRA Off-Road Triathlon World Tour, today announced the formation of the XTERRA Pan American Tour which connects the sports’ major events in South, Central, and North America as well as the Caribbean. The inaugural 10-stop series for both amateur and professi...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dec. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- In the United States, millennials are finally starting to buy houses as rent prices soar. That means that potential retirees can also sell their homes at a fair price for the first time since the housing market dropped in 2008. However, retirees are still struggling with the fact that they do not have as much saved as they thought they would by this ...

Source: Flickr Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit marine conservation organization, filed a full petition  with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHRC) in Washington, D.C., accusing Costa Rica of using the judicial system to violate his rights and derail his conservation efforts. If successful, this petition could ...

Star Breeze Seattle, WA (PRWEB) December 04, 2015 - Today, Windstar Cruises announces a new program for guests traveling on Costa Rica & Panama Canal itineraries. The Canal Celebration, a deckside festival, invites guests to experience the sights and sounds of the Panama Canal while enjoying amenities and activities that highlight the Panamanian culture. New for 2015/16, Windstar guests...

Source: Flickr Commons The discovery of human remains on an urban riverbank and on a remote beach in the Pacific coast have alarmed residents of two communities in Costa Rica. As reported by Alexander Mendez, Allan Chacon and Jorge Sancho for daily tabloid Diario Extra, the body of a male was found on an urban section of the Virilla River and a human torso was unearthed by high tide on a Nicoy...

Fast Market Research Press Release - Costa Rica has a well-established tourism industry that benefits from the country's positive image as safe, peaceful and happy. The country's tourism products are diverse, with a wide variety of options for all traveler segments. While Costa Rica is known for its eco- and adventure tourism, the country is also developing its medical, holistic and educational se...

Pixabay Commons Residents of Nicoya, many of them North American expats, have scored a victory in their battle against the Ministry of Justice, which intended to build a new prison in that Guanacaste canton. Earlier this month, Minister of Justice Cecilia Sanchez appeared before the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica and explained that she was suspending construction of a new prison in the ...

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