Source: Discovery Miami, Jul 9 (EFE).- The Discovery en Español television channel starting July 13 will air the "Cuban Chrome" docu-series about classic automobiles, filmed exclusively in Cuba and narrated by Cuban-American actor William Levy, the company announced Thursday. The production explores the culture of vintage automobiles on the Caribbean island through "the men and women who pu...

Source: Reef Costa Rica Earlier this week, the 12 candidates to the coveted Chica Reef Costa Rica 2015 beauty pageant were introduced to the public at the Hard Rock Cafe in the Wyndham Herradura Hotel near San Jose. The presentation of the Miss Reef candidates drew a very large audience from around Costa Rica, which is a trend that has been on the increase in the last few years. The final c...

NEW YORK, July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today BrainStation announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Origami Academy, a leading Latin American digital education institute, based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Founded in 2013, Origami Academy delivers unique and innovative programming and educational offerings spanning web and mobile development, user experience and user interface design....

Source: Wikimedia Commons SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ: XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, has launched Xoom Mobile Reload. The cutting-edge service allows customers to instantly send airtime credit online from the U.S. to prepaid mobile phones in 16 countries in Latin America, includingMexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Guatemala...

Toyota Mirai. Wikimedia Commons Japan International Cooperation Agency Press Release -- Costa Rica's environment minister visited Japan April 25 to May 3 to see Japanese environmental initiatives and technologies firsthand. Minister of the Environment and Energy Edgar Gutiérrez visited Japanese geothermal plants, the management site of active volcano Mount Aso and the city of Toyota, Aic...

Wikimedia Commons Momentum for Marijuana Reform Builds in Latin America and the Caribbean Drug Policy Alliance Press Release -- On Tuesday, Chile’s Lower House of Congress approved a bill that would decriminalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. The bill passed 68-39 with five abstentions and marks a major shift in the country’s drug policies, which currently criminalize cul...

Alta Gracia Boutique Hacienda MILL VALLEY, Calif., July 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Auberge Resorts Collection, owner and operator of boutique luxury hotels, resorts, residences and private clubs, announced today plans to manage Hacienda AltaGracia, a luxury resort teeming with life-altering experiences that officially opened in June 2015 in the lush mountains of Perez Zeledon in the southern regi...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL The StubHub Center of California State University, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States Major League Soccer, was the stage for the opening match of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup for the National Football Teams of Costa Rica (La Sele) and Jamaica (the Reggae Boyz). The match took place in a stadium that was nearly half empty, with most fans rooting for Costa Rica ...

Source: Flickr Commons On Monday morning, the lifeless body of a 60-year old man was found in the guest room of a small inn located in Tamarindo Beach, province of Guanacaste. The man has been identified as Erasmo Antonio Urbina, a foreigner from Nicaragua who came to Costa Rica years ago to work as a custodian and security guard. The housekeeper who found the body of Mr. Urbina explained t...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL CR The CONCACAF Gold Cup is off to an exciting start with a surprising performance by the National Team of Haiti against Panama in a match that ended up in a 1 – 1 tie. Until recently, Haiti was considered a CONCACAF minnow, but yesterday's match proved that the team from Hispaniola is determined to go the distance in the Gold Cup. The second match between the United Stat...

MONTEZUMA, Costa Rica (PRWEB) July 07, 2015 -- For the fifth year in a row, Ylang Ylang Beach Resort has earned TripAdvisor's coveted Certificate of Excellence. In recognition of its outstanding success, the resort was inducted into the travel review site's Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. The travel site selects its Certificate of Excellence winners based on a minimum number of reviews,...

La Fortuna, Costa Rica :The Costa Rica Tour Company is expanding to La Fortuna, Costa Rica to accommodate a growing luxury adventure vacation market. Baby boomers now control 80% of all financial assets, account for half of all consumer spending and 80% of all leisure travel, according to Covington Capital Management.The first baby boomers reached the average retirement age in 2013, and with milli...

Hift app NEW YORK, July 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With discreet service, Hift allows those who are living with STIs to find others with the same or similar infections. It is important for those with STIs to find understanding, acceptance and hope. Hift creator Marie is bringing that to the app world with her new creation. She uses Hift to help those with STIs (such as Herpes, HSV-1, HSV-2, HP...

Amazon.com Internet retail giant Amazon.com will hold a job fair in Costa Rica this week. According to a report filed by business reporter Rebeca Madrigal of online news daily CRHoy.com, the job fair will take place at Amazon’s business center in Calle Blancos on Thursday, July 9th, from 7 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon.   Amazon Costa Rica is currently seeking to fill posi...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL CR Although the National Men's Football Team of Costa Rica (“La Sele”) is a favorite to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the latest FIFA rankings tell a different story. After La Sele’s amazing Cinderella run at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Costa Rica held very high FIFA rankings, staying in the top 15 for several months. Alas, the international friendly matches played by La Sele...

Scriptapalooza The Scriptapalooza Fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help accommodate their creative process and skills. Creativity has many interruptions; most of them legitimate reasons, such as dealing with life. Isolating yourself from all of your demands is not an easy task. "This new fellowship will give its recipient the opportunity to focus solely on his...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Undefeated boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. is no longer the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion. According to a resolution issued by the WBO, the title has been vacated due to Mr. Mayweather's recanting on his promise to voluntarily vacate his titles as well as his failure to pay $200K to the WBO for his right to participate in this boxing enterpris...

Rincon de la Vieja Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica – July 6, 2015 – (Press Release Rocket) / The Zip-Line experience is like no other. Now combine that with a lush Costa Rican rainforest, and it would be hard to find words to accurately describe the adventure. Imagine gliding like Superman through the canopy of the world famous Rincon de la Vieja forest. There is a reason why Zip-Liners travel ...

Source: MSP Last week, officers from Fuerza Publica (the national police force of Costa Rica) assigned to the Caribbean region rescued a green sea turtle that was likely on its way to being butchered. The incident occurred in the port city of Limon during an operation conducted by members of the Special Intervention Unit (Spanish initials: UIP), who were working together with Fuerza Publica...

Pixabay Comons Institute of African Studies, Columbia University -- The second conference on "The Meaning of Blackness" will be held at the Universidad de Costa Rica on February 12-14, 2016. The conference follows on the first, successful, conference which was held in February 2014, whose proceedings are being published in Spanish and as an e-book by Universidad de Costa Rica Press and in Engl...

Source: Banco Central ECLAC Press Release – Costa Rica has been able to transform its productive structure, and its achievements in forging a welfare state with greater equality and human development have been an example for all of Latin America. Now they must be defended with a comprehensive and timely fiscal reform, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin Ame...

FIFPro World Players' Union Press Release – FIFPro’s newly minted match fixing initiative got off to a strong start in Costa Rica. Representatives from unions in fifteen countries attended the “Train the Trainer” event in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, for a three day symposium on tactics to deter and disincentivize engagement in match fixing. FIFPro’s campaign, which is a combined initia...

Self-esteem, proper nutrition, communication, and overall health: these are just four of the holistic factors that make dental treatments an essential part of life.   In Western culture, dental appearance is strongly linked to self-esteem; in fact, taking children to see the orthodontist is both a rite of passage and a parental anxiety in the Americas as well as in Europe. Elderly patie...

CINDE In 2013, Site Selection Magazine, an industry journal dedicated to business strategy and economic development, highlighted Costa Rica as one of the Top Ten “Best to Invest” countries in the world. For this reason, the administration of President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera has been very busy in attracting foreign investment through the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (Spanish ini...

Source: MSP Five men were arrested earlier this week after police officers found them in possession of a butchered sea turtle from a virtually extinct species that is just starting to return to Costa Rica. According to an official communication from the Ministry of Public Security, the incident occurred in Moin, a coastal district of the Caribbean province of Limon.   Officers from ...

Leaf.fm Lovingly made in Costa Rica and in the loveable English city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Leaf.fm is a new music streaming service that aims to enter a market already crowded by the likes of Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, and the new Apple Music. According to the Leaf.fm developers: Leaf.fm is the first music service crafted for the post-millennial generation.   Leaf.fm provides a ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Two former legislators and the previous Secretary of the Legislative Assembly in Costa Rica are currently subjects of embarrassing complaints, investigations and even criminal charges for alleged sex scandals.   As recently reported by The Costa Rica Star, former legislator Ronal Vargas from Guanacaste may face criminal theft charges for his dogged insisten...

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alwaleed Philanthropies, today announced his intention to donate all of his wealth to philanthropy over the coming years to help build a “better world of tolerance, acceptance, equality and opportunity for all.” This $32 billion philanthropic pledge will help build bridges...

Faith No More dressed up during a recent charity concert in ChileOn the same day Costa Rica will celebrate 193 years of independence, iconic rock band Faith No More will visit for the first time in their history, which dates back to 1981. Faith No More will play a live concert on the grounds of Viva Park, a former racetrack that was acquired by media leviathan Grupo Nacion a few years ago.Althoug...

U.S. Ambassador Haney To commemorate the 239th anniversary of Independence as well as his recent arrival to Costa Rica,  held a formal function at his residence on Thursday afternoon. More than 600 attendants from various sectors of civil society and private enterprise attended the event, which took place in the capital city of Costa Rica. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Amba...

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Nearly 10% of Costa Rica’s greenhouse gas emissions stem from coffee production, an industry integral to Costa Rica’s national identity and economy. Café Costa Rica is a nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA) that takes a giant step towards Costa Rica’s ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 while also strengthening a vital indu...

Solar power recharging station for electric vehicles in Costa Rica Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 29 June 2015 — Experts and leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in San Jose, Costa Rica today to increase the development of solar thermal energy in the region. The two-day forum, co-organized by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Latin America Energy Organization (...

File photo (PRWEB) July 01, 2015 -- The popular squad once again captivated a nation and garnered the attention of the world with their stellar performance at the 2015 FIFA World Cup. Led by a fleet of offensive stars with huge skills and small egos and goalie Hope Solo, the team is obviously a formidable opponent for any National Team throughout the world. The 2015 World Cup was a huge and...

Source: U.S. Embassy The National Coast Guard Service of Costa Rica will be augmenting its marine and shore patrols in the Pacuare sector of the Caribbean province of Limon. According to a news report filed by Angie Guerrero of online news daily CRHoy.com, four to five Coast Guard officers per shift will be assigned to patrol Pacuare in light of the attacks on volunteers from the Sea Shepherd ...

4Grinz.com San Jose, Costa Rica  (Marketwired - June 30, 2015) - Today's players are looking for the most immersive online casino games that are interactive, sophisticated, and very polished. They want the fun of playing for free with the option of gambling and games should be optimized for tablets and smartphones. 4Grinz.com achieves this and more, offering hundreds of state-of-the-art games ...

PerHeadStore.com San José, Costa Rica – Today, Per Head Store has announced that the company has hired 21 additional programmers to its existing team. This step is not only important for the company to stay on top if it comes to delivering software products that are innovative and leading in its niche, but also a great benefit for the local community in Costa Rica, as this step also creates ne...

Stephanie Rostran Facebook For more than 40 years, the Teletica television network of Costa Rica has broadcast the Miss Universe beauty pageant and administered the Miss Costa Rica franchise. This year, however, Teletica (Channel 7) has decided to not send the Miss Costa Rica beauty queen to the Miss Universe competition, and it will also refrain from broadcasting the international pageant. ...

Source: Embassy of Canada As Canadian expats in Costa Rica gather today to celebrate one of their most important national holidays, a few will reflect on whether this celebration is appropriately named. Though it may seem as if July 1st has always been known as Canada Day, this holiday has only been officially called as such since 1982, and some would like to revert to the old “Dominion Day.” ...

U.S. State Department Stafford Fitzgerald Haney was formally introduced as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Costa Rica on Tuesday afternoon at the San Pedro office of the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano. He arrived in our country over the weekend. During his press conference, Ambassador S. Fitzgerald Haney, an econo...

Source: Wikimedia Commons SARASOTA, Fla., June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- xG Technology, Inc. ("xG" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), a developer of wireless communications and spectrum sharing technologies, announced today that it has received an order for approximately $58,000 in xMax mobile broadband wireless equipment and services from Itellum, LLC ("Itellum"). This represents a follo...