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Costa Rica News – Tica Laura Figueroa came in fourth place in the overall female category of the demanding Great Wall Marathon in China. She completed the 42 kilometers in just…

“This Is Not A Drill.” No, it’s not. This is what chaos feels like. The fact that so many people ran for their lives in terror in Hawaii on Saturday…

Reflecting on the unlikely concatenation that produced the Russian Revolution, Simon Sebag Montefiore says, “Without the Russian Revolution of 1917…the tournaments of power would likely have been just as vicious—just…

Hindsight, the cliché goes, is 20/20. In truth, hindsight is only as clear as one’s perception of the present.

The Cuban Missile Crisis is my first political memory. The fear was palpable. I recall looking in the newspaper at concentric circles of where they thought the missiles could reach.…

Costa Rica News – The battle for the shark fins is on….

With regard to Trump and his toadies, we are now in the 9th circle of hell, where Virgil bade Dante: Non ragionam di lor, ma guarde e passa—“Let us think…

World News – Tough-talking Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his country’s “separation” from long-time ally America Thursday, declaring that he was pivoting instead to China.