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Once tranquil Costa Rica eyes Salvadoran-inspired response to crime surge
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoLong a byword for laidback environmental tourism, Costa Rica is now wrestling with a surge in...
Costa Rica, the once-peaceful land of 'pura vida,' battles violence as cocaine trade grows
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKillings have increased sharply in Costa Rica, the long-peaceful nation known for its laid-back...
Carlos Alvarado Quesada, former president of Costa Rica, joins Town Hall lecture series
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCarlos Alvarado Quesada, the former president of Costa Rica, will kick off the 2023 Ringling College...
Fleeing Nicaraguans strain Costa Rica's asylum system
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter four years of trying to continue his studies in Nicaragua, Elthon Rivera finally reached the...
'Take life by the reins': Atlantic Beach woman is part of Peace Corps return to overseas service
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt 27, Atlantic Beach resident Katherine "Kaydee" Gavron is already a world traveler, having...
Dr. Carissa Etienne, who led COVID-19 response in Latin America and Caribbean, is dead
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDr. Carissa Etienne, the medical doctor and public health trailblazer whose calm demeanor and...
Mosquito-borne illnesses are picking up speed. Experts say Americans are unprepared
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMosquito in old book with mosquito swatter and blood stain Getty Images/Nikola Nastasic This summer,...
"Blue zones" have captivated health and longevity experts. But are they real or statistical grift?
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSenior Japanese man on tropical beach, Ikema Island of Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan Getty...
Most House members didn't show up in person to vote on a $1.7 trillion government funding bill
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn unusually-full House chamber during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress...
Chaos in Ecuador as gang violence soars
Semafor via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSemafor Signals Insights from El País, The Cuenca Dispatch, and The Economist The News Ecuador has been rocked this week by explosions, gang leaders...
