Yokasta Valle made history, becoming the first Light-Mini Flyweight Female World Champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the second Costa Rican female to hold a World Championship belt. Read more about: Costa Rican boxer Yokasta Valle back in the ring March 31 in San Jose...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission to seek solutions to the increase in deaths from addiction to heroin and opiates, a situation he called a "total epidemic" and one of the "biggest problems" that the US has at present. "This is a total epidemic and I think it's probably, almost un-talked about compared to the severity that we're witnessing," said Trump a...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that starts to undo the environmental policies put in place by - and the legacy against climate change of - his predecessor, Barack Obama. A key element in Trump's executive order, signed at the Washington headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency is that it eliminates the requirement that federal government agencies factor t...

US President Donald Trump would like to see the United Kingdom remain engaged with Europe following Brexit, the White House said Wednesday after the British government formally notified the European Union that it was starting the process of withdrawal from the bloc. "Whatever the future EU-UK relationship looks like, we want the UK to remain a strong leader in Europe," spokesman Sean Spicer tol...

A 59.6 carat pink diamond could become the most expensive precious stone of its class on Apr. 4 at an auction organized by Sotheby's Hong Kong, the company said Wednesday. The "Pink Star" diamond was presented in Hong Kong on Wednesday, six days before it was to go on sale, and the final bid could exceed $60 million, according to expectations of the auction house. It was the biggest pink dia...

The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives canceled Friday's scheduled vote on President Donald Trump's bill to replace the healthcare reform carried out by predecessor Barack Obama. House Speaker Paul Ryan said that he and Trump agreed it would be better to withdraw the bill once it became clear that the measure would fail due to defections among the GOP majority. "We came...

The National Route 32, popularly known as the Carretera Braulio Carrillo. It is located between San José (capital of Costa Rica) and Limón, main commercial port of the country in the Caribbean Sea. Source: http://www.craerea.com/...

    Actress and anchor for children television shows TV Show aired in a Costa Rica national TV channel: Canal 9, and broadcasted regionally in El Salvador and Guatemala. Fashion Tv Israel, Televisa. Image source: https://randygophoto.smugmug.com  ...

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By Charles Austin Boll Sardinal Defeats San Juan de Abangares 5-4 to Win the Campeonato de Fútbol San Luis Every Sunday, this small town of 500 ticos will pause - for soccer. San Luis de Monteverde hosts club teams that travel from surrounding areas to participate in the Campeonato de Fútbol San Luis. This weekend brought together an unusually large crowd to enjoy the final match and cele...

US President Donald Trump's pick as Supreme Court judge, said Tuesday during his Senate hearing, the president's attacks on federal judges are "disheartening" and "demoralizing". Neil Gorsuch, once made a reference to Trump's attacks on federal judges in a private conversation with senators, which was later reported in the media, but he made his latest remarks in his public Senate hearing. "...

Emergency management chief Rogelio Flores said Tuesday that "thousands of people took part" in the first national multiple-threat drill of the year in Nicaragua. The evacuation and reaction of citizens faced with extreme natural phenomena that could turn into disasters, such as an earthquake, a tsunami, the eruption of a volcano or the blast of a hurricane, were the focus of the simulation, acc...

21-year-old Canadian Kayla Reid has decided to return to Newfoundland to avoid causing any problems for Natureboy and his community in Costa Rica. She described being stunned at the immense amount of negative media coverage of her move to Costa Rica earlier this month which she says was to be closer to nature. The CBC quoted from the Facebook she posted today in which she explained her decis...

Capuchin monkeys, also called white-faced monkeys, occupy the wet lowland forests on Caribbean coast of Costa Rica....

Dr.Simon Flikier, Clinical Director and Prosthodontist. "Prosthodonstics" also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. Dr Flikier Specializes in the esthetic (cosmetic) restoration and replacement of teeth, he went...

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An iconic portrait of China's Communist leader Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol will be up for auction for the first time in China on April 1 at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. The portrait, dating back to 1973, is expected to fetch between $12 million and $15 million. "It is the most expensive painting from a western artist in Sotheby's Hong Kong," the auction house's Asia head Isaure de Viel Castel said ...

A total of six Salvadorans have been arrested for their involvement in a shootout that left six people dead in downtown San Salvador, the head of the National Civil Police (PNC), Howard Cotto, confirmed at a press conference on Thursday. Cotto said that private security guard Hector Antonio Morales, 52, was murdered by three members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) gang, one of whom was captured ...

The White House on Tuesday reported that the president of the United States paid $38 million in taxes on an income of $150 million in his 2005 tax return. The government disclosed the information ahead of an upcoming report by television network MSNBC, which announced Tuesday it had obtained part of Donald Trump's tax returns and intended to reveal it. "You know you are desperate for ratings...

The Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) is taking part in the ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel show located at the Messe Convention Center in Berlin, Germany. Ground staff strikes at two Berlin airports on Friday forced airline operations to cancel 659 flights, according to official statements. Some 2,000 employees have been convoked to follow a 25-hour strike from 4:00 am local time (3.00 ...

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Krystal McPhail is a model from Costa Rica seen around the world, from her home town to far away places like Milan and on covers such Elle magazine. Source: http://www.nextmanagement.com...

Mal Pais is known as a small surfer and party town beautifully situated on the Pacific coastline.  This is the perfect place for younger singles or young couples to vacation enjoying the peace and quiet but also unwind at night with a little party time....

The World Trade Organization (WTO) stated today that Mexico had requested consultations with Costa Rica as, allegedly, this country unlawfully imposed a restriction on Mexican avocado imports. The measures that Mexico considers restrictive are the checks, inspections, and approval procedures for the importation of the fruit. Mexico also stated that Costa Rica had failed to apply or recognize...

Mexico City, Mar 7 — "Damaris," with lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes, is a single mom who for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police harassment. "We ask people not to judge us," she said. "Police persecution is horrible. They say you're a whore and almost treat you like an animal. They tell you 'If you want to n...

The U.S. state of Hawaii filed a lawsuit requesting a federal judge issue a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump's revised immigration executive order, becoming the first state to fight the order in court. On Monday, Trump signed the revised order suspending travel to the United States through a 90-day visa ban for people from six majority-Muslim countries: Iran, Syria, Libya, ...

Thousands of hectares of forested ecosystems have been cleared in Costa Rica to provide cropland for pineapples in recent years, according to what Mauricio Alvarez, president of the Costa Rican Conservationist Federation (FECON) told EFE on Tuesday. "In 15 years, they cut down 725,000 trees, (causing) irreversible damage to the country. Complaints were never able to stand in the way ... althoug...

 The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public hearing on the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, committee chairman Devin Nunes announced Tuesday. The Republican congressman from California told reporters that the hearing will be held on March 20, adding that it is his intention to hold more public hearings on the matter, given the interest it has ...

Surgeons have performed an operation to remove a brain tumor from former Panamanian strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, his daughter, Sandra, said on Tuesday without providing details on her father's condition. "It's over, but we don't know anything yet about his condition," Sandra Noriega Sieiro said. The 83-year-old Noriega is in "stable condition" after the nearly four-hour operation a...

Brussels, Mar 6 — Agriculture ministers from European Union member states on Monday approved a new organic produce deal with Chile, announced the European Council. In a press release, the EC said the deal — the first of this kind with a Latin American country — would allow the two parties to recognize their rules and control systems as equivalent, meaning organic produce from the EU could be so...

Politicians often claim there is a relationship between immigration patterns and increased crime. In a recent study done at the University at Buffalo in upstate New York however, no links were found between the two. According to the findings, immigration instead appears to be linked to reductions in some types of crimes. Robert Adelman, associate professor of sociology at UB and the paper’s lea...

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  A bodacious babe who can pilot a plane as well as go head-to-head with any opponent in a basketball game – and look flawless whether she’s serving over the top glamorousness or understated chicness, Saray has all the makings of a real life Bond Girl. Having grown up climbing trees in Costa Rica, attending American school, and speaking German at home with her parents, this worldly gir...

Moscow, Mar 3 — Bilateral relations between Russia and the Central American nation of El Salvador continue to develop well, said the Russian foreign minister upon meeting his Salvadoran counterpart on Friday. Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Hugo Martinez Bonilla in the Russian capital, Moscow. "Within three months we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of (Russian-Salvad...

A little-known Salvador Dali portrait of his sister, a work out of the public eye for nearly a century, was sold at auction Thursday in London for 1.8 million pounds ($2.2 million). "Figure in Profile," sold at the Bonhams auction house's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale, is among a diverse range of portraits the prominent 20th-century Surrealist artist painted in the 1920s with Anna Maria Dal...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday recused himself from any current or future investigation of possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The announcement followed revelations that then-Sen. Sessions met with the Russian ambassador to the United States on two occasions during last year's campaign. "During the course of the last several weeks, I have met with ...

The recently appointed Attorney General of the United States met the Russian ambassador to the U.S. twice in Washington during the 2016 presidential campaign - something he did not disclose during his appointment confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate. The meetings between Jeff Sessions and Russia's Sergey Kislyak took place in July and September, barely a few months before the presidentia...

At Panama's principal zoo the exotic colors of tropical birds are lost in the dark of old, improvised cages, while lush vegetation adorns paths with no wildlife in sight. Summit Municipal Park is a 250-hectare (617-acre) oasis that has largely been neglected by Panama City, which, absorbed in its financial economy, for years seemed to have forgotten the lush tropical forest surrounding it and t...

Wall Street closed with strong gains on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the main market indicator, rising 1.45 percent and ending the day above 21,000 for the first time in history in the wake of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. All the major indexes moved into record territory, with the DJIA up 303.31 points to 21,115.55 at the close of t...