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Brussels, Belgium –  The euro area has to “work harder” to stimulate growth, urged the head of the IMF, a day before an EU summit to discuss measures to lift the…

Johannesburg (AFP). Some sixty miners are locked underground in a platinum mine in Zvishavane in southern Zimbabwe, said the miners’ union. “A conveyor belt was broken and triggered a fire, leaving initially…

Paris, France  – When in San Jose, Costa Rica was 1 am, President of the Republic, Laura Chinchilla, was having  breakfast in Paris at  9 am and in the luxurious lounge…

Good news aspiring immigrants! Amendments made to the Costa Rican residency laws have significantly lowered the requirements to qualify for rentista status.The status is given to foreigners who have a…

Without receiving  help, Alicia Zuniga, 99, would probably be sitting in a chair, looking out the window of a nursing home, away from her family and community.  This poor, elderly…

San Jose, Costa Rica – Companies engaged in the sale of cars, fast food, airline tickets, English lessons and tourist services and banking, are among those found on the internet…

San Jose, Costa Rica – Disorders in rainfall caused by climate change are bringing the country to doubt hydropower as the basis for supplying electricity for Costa Rica. The concern…

If all goes as planned, this morning (2: 55 am, local time in Costa Rica) could begin a new era in space exploration.  This is the first test launch of…