Pixabay Commons San Juan, Oct 13 (EFE).- Saint Lucia's citizenship-by-investment program will commence accepting applications in January 2016 in the hopes of improving the economy, the government said Tuesday. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said in a statement that although he wanted to defend and protect the country's citizenship, it was time to look for other approaches to deal with challen...

Johanna Solano, winner of the 2011 Miss Costa Rica pageant, has been one of the most celebrated beauty queens of our country in recent times. When Miss Solano was crowned queen of all Ticos four years ago, she started a trend insofar as portraying an image of a modern woman who is equally passionate about beauty as she is dedicated to fitness. In the run-up to Miss Universe, Miss Solano became ...

Source: AmoLatina.com San Francisco, California (PRWEB) October 12, 2015 -- International online dating aficionados, AmoLatina, recently produced an in-house study revealing impressive statistics of couples’ online and offline activity. The study showcased users’ interactions via the website’s state of the art communication tools that led to the successful unity offline. With innovative and...

Wikimedia Commons Air travelers in Costa Rica have a few options when flying to Europe, but none of them are as cheap as what an airline from Norway has in store for 2017. According to a recent Reuters report published by NBC News: Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA hopes to sell one-way tickets to Europe for $69 as early as 2017 by flying from U.S. airports that have low fees, Chief Executive Officer...

Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®. Paraguay is a first-time entrant. This year's consideration submitted by Costa Rica is Presos (English title: Imprisoned), the third feature film by acclaimed director Esteban Ramirez. The Internet Movie Database plot summary for Imprisoned is as follows: A young g...

Over the past year, lawsuits involving unhappy service providers that have received negative Yelp reviews have been multiplying. For the unacquainted, YELP is an Internet platform for individuals who wish to review their experiences with merchants and service providers. In the last couple of years, YELP has made headlines as multiple disgruntled business owners have filed lawsuits against reviewer...

Pixabay Commons Orlando, FL, October 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- For his efforts to provide international healthcare consumers with value-based treatment options, Dr. Marc Fetscherin, associate professor of international business and marketing at Rollins College, has been recognized for Excellence in Medical Tourism Research, the Medical Tourism Association® announced. Dr. Fetscherin, a Cornell D...

Photo by Rafael Mantesso By Carol Blair Vaughn American mega-corporation TARGET has always had its bull terrier mascot named “Bullseye”, but now the upscale footwear brand Jimmy Choo has a rival bull terrier, named – wait for it – Jimmy Choo. Jimmy Choo (The Dog) belongs to Brazilian photographer and artist Rafael Mantesso, and Mantesso and the dog have a new book coming out in October t...

Source; Karolina Brenes Facebook Karolina Brenes, a shapely lingerie model from Costa Rica, recently posted a Facebook update explaining that she was not aware of the existence of a second intimate video was extracted from a stolen smartphone and shared across online social networks.   As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star in late September, Ms. Brenes addressed her Facebook...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Havana, Oct 5 (EFE).- Cubans were astonished this weekend to see Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger strolling through the historic center of Havana, where he is on a private trip with one of his children, official media reported Monday. The British rock icon visited the Hotel Santa Isabel in the Old H...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE By Paula Escalada Medrano Mexico City, Oct 5 (EFE).- As the premiere of "Spectre," the latest James Bond film, approaches, members of the cast said in an interview with EFE that the movie was a career milestone and a dream come true. "Bond is in a world of its own. It has tr...

Miami, Oct 3 (EFE).- American actor and rapper Will Smith sings again, this time doing a remix of his number "Fiesta" with the Colombian band Bomba Estereo. Missing from the music world for 10 years, Smith returns with the Colombian band doing an upbeat fusion of electro-tropical sound and rap that reflects "the impact of Latin rhythms" on the international scene. "Having a personality like ...

Viaje ORANJESTAD, Aruba, Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The island of Aruba will once again host filmmakers and film enthusiasts from around the world during the fifth annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF), Oct. 7-11. Kicking off with a short film and Q&A session with actor Tyrese Gibson (from the Fast & Furious and Transformers franchises) and sponsored by the Aruba Tourism ...

Miss Costa Rica 2015 Brenda Castro Brenda Castro, a stunning Caribbean woman who was crowned Miss Costa Rica earlier this year, will represent our country at the next Miss Universe pageant. Such was the announcement made during last night's broadcast of 7 Estrellas, an entertainment news magazine produced by national television network Teletica. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star...

Pixabay Commons By Carol Blair Vaughn The composition of the world population has changed dramatically in recent decades as life expectancy worldwide has risen from 46 to 68 years – except in Costa Rica, where life expectancy has risen to 77 for men, and 81 for women, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has dubbed this movement, “Older People – a new power for developm...

Wikimedia Commons Dublin, Sep 29 (EFE).- Liquor giant Brown-Forman Corporation, the maker of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, held the ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday for its distillery at Ireland's historic Slane Castle, the company's first new whiskey distillery outside the United States. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company said it planned to invest 44 million euros ($50 million) i...

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 28 (EFE).- One of Rihanna's bodyguards started throwing punches at photographers in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday as the Barbadian songstress was leaving a restaurant, local media reported while airing a video of the brawl. The bodyguard's fists started flying when he found a crowd of paparazzi milling around the door to the restaurant where Rihanna had dined. The photograph...

Souce: Lionsgate By Antonio Martin Guirado Los Angeles, Sep 26 (EFE).- Benicio Del Toro is again riding the crest of the Hollywood wave thanks to his memorable performance in "Sicario," a film about the war on drugs that places him squarely in the race for an Oscar and for which a sequel is already in the works, though the film itself has had only a limited premiere in the United States. ...

Source: Saatchi Art COSTA RICA, ZEPHYR PALACE (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 -- Without a doubt, the work of Marco Battaglini (Verona, Italy, 1969) echoes the anxiety inherent in Western society during the 21st century. This artist’s work confronts us with an esthetic shock, a style charged with eclecticism and a touch of humor that brings a smile to the spectator’s face while begging questions abou...

Pixabay Public Domain Women in Costa Rica observed Global Female Condom Day without having access to this contraceptive. On September 16th, various advocacy organizations conducted awareness campaigns and other activities to teach the world about the use of female condoms; in Costa Rica, however, the day was observed with concern about why these sexual protection devices are not yet on the mar...

Flickr Commons By Cristina Terceiro Buenos Aires, Sep 21 (EFE).- Girls in the 5-13 age group are increasingly inviting friends to parties at spas, a booming fad in Argentina that child psychologists warn can lead to the "early sexualization" of young females. Spa time in special rooms or at girls' homes features makeup and hair styling, massages, manicures and pedicures, and fashion show...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yaveo is throwing its first-ever virtual film festival to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The Spanish-language streaming entertainment service is a premier sponsor of the 2015 Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival. Yaveo will show its support of Latino cinema in 2 more ways. A virtual film festival will run on the Yaveo streaming servi...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Sep 16 (EFE).- The Mexican rock group Mana on Wednesday called on undocumented immigrants to unite to fight for immigration reform and to halt the avalanche of Republican attacks. During their participation in an event in Los Angeles to motivate the Latino community to vote in the 2016 presidential election, the band exhorted Latinos to go to the polls and sup...

Source: Saban C21 Media Press Release -- Saban Brands’ TV series such as “Power Rangers”, “VR TRoopers” and “Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation” is heading to subscription video on demand (SVOD) service in Middle East, South East Europe, Africa and Latin America through Vubiquity. Saban Brands struck a deal with the content service to make subscription box-sets available for: Qatar, UAE, Sout...

John Lennon's statue in Costa Rica. Wikimedia Commons New York, Sep 14 (EFE).- Yoko Ono is planning to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 75th birthday by organizing in Central Park a huge human peace sign, assembling between 6,000 and 10,000 people to take part in the project and thereby setting a Guinness World Record. "You don't have to do much. Power works in mysterious ways V...

A wooden wedding bed carved with 138 figures from the Kama Sutra and a murder weapon shaped like a penis from the Stanley Kubrik film "A Clockwork Orange" are some of the pieces on show at the World Erotic Art Museum, or WEAM, the second-largest of its kind in the world, in Miami Beach. The museum has more than 4,000 erotic objects and artworks by such iconic artists as Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso...

The Guanacaste region of Costa Rica is the most affected by drought conditions and water shortages. During the Tamarindo Beach Marathon, which took place this past Saturday, non-profit organizations and activists complained about the numerous plastic pouches of water thrown along the road at several checkpoints along the race route. Although Tamarindo Beach is not currently facing water shortag...

Bedroom painted with Glidden colors By Carolina Ruiz During childhood, it is necessary to create fun and safe environments; in adolescence, bedrooms should be places that allow them to feel part of society while still being unique. Colors play an important role in this matter. For most of us in Costa Rica, our bedroom is a sacred place: not only for being a private room, but also because...

"Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Yahoo 2006" by Kevin Ballard - http://flickr.com/photos/eridius/116003811/in/set-72057594087529032/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons Bogota, Sep 12 (EFE).- At least two people died and one was injured when a plane carrying members of a movie crew working on Tom Cruise's upcoming thriller film "Mena" crashed in northwestern Colombia, local media reported. Th...

Source: Usher Instagram Havana, Sep 10 (EFE).- U.S. music producer, singer and songwriter Usher puffed cigars and enjoyed Cuban coffee in Havana along with rapper Ludacris, according to photographs published Thursday on the pair's official social network accounts. The member of the popular U.S. television program "The Voice" announced his presence in the Cuban capital with a photo showing h...

Bogota, Sep 7 (EFE; additional reporting by the Costa Rica Star).- A joint operation conducted by police in Colombia and Mexico resulted in the seizure of two tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of toner for printers and photocopiers, but no arrests were made, Colombian National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Palomino said Monday. Police seized 1,070 kilos of cocaine in the cargo terminal at Bogota...

Christmas is arriving early for Star Wars fans around the world. At a recent press event highlighting the upcoming toy collection designed for the revitalized Star Wars film sequels, robotic toy manufacturer Sphero unveiled BB-8, a successor to the iconic R2-D2 robot from previous films. BB-8 is already making its way to toy stores in Australia and North America, Star Wars fans are eagerly awai...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- Aretha Franklin stopped the screening Friday night of the documentary "Amazing Grace" at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado after a federal judge ruled in favor of the artist's suit against showing the film without her permission. Based on a question of the singer's rights, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane ruled in a court order, to which EFE...

"RaquelWelchApr2010" by Justin Hoch. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Fernando Mexia Los Angeles, Sep 4 (EFE).- Jo Raquel Tejada was born in Chicago on Sept. 5, 1940, and her Bolivian immigrant father did all he could to keep her unaware of her roots so she would fit in better with the dominant U.S. culture, though she wholeheartedly recovered her Latin heritage after becom...

Phoenixville, PA, September 03, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Watching the world go by makes Daniel the iguana very happy. In fact, he loves relaxing in the warm sunshine of his rainforest home. Some of the forest’s busier animals just don’t get it, but that’s OK with Daniel, who stars in Buffie Biddle’s first children’s book, released by Dog Ear Publishing. In the end, he teaches children that they should be...

Source: @KevinHart4Real Instagram Actor, writer and stand-up comedian Kevin Hart recently enjoyed offshore fishing, hiking, forest canopy tours, ziplines, and relaxation in Costa Rica. News of his visit to our country, which included his children, fiancee and future mother-in-law, arrived via the social network Instagram. A few Instagram photos and videos show Mr. Hart in a sports fishing c...

Melodic death metal band At the Gates is currently on the Latin American segment of a world tour in support of the album At War With Reality, which was in October 2014 after a very long hiatus. In Costa Rica, At the Gates will perform live at Pepper’s Club on Saturday, September 5th. The venue is located in the Zapote district, which is part of the eastern suburbs of San Jose.   The his...

Source: Savioke By Teresa Bouza San Francisco, Aug 31 (EFE).- It's called Relay and it's the latest server at a number of Silicon Valley hotels, which use the diminutive robot to take toothpaste, towels and other supplies to the guests in their rooms. "We have our robots deployed at the Aloft Cupertino hotel, the Aloft Silicon Valley, the Crowne Plaza Milpitas and the Holiday Inn Express...

"Frederick Forsyth - 01" by Das blaue Sofa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/das-blaue-sofa/6317965950/. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons London, Aug 30 (EFE).- Writer Frederick Forsyth, known for his spy novels, said in an article published in the Sunday Times that he worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, for more than 20 years. Forsyth, author of bes...

Adult film actress Mia Malkova in Costa Rica. Source: Holly Randall Tumblr In March 2014, a renowned photographer and film director from the United States was plying her erotic trade in Costa Rica. Holly Randall was photographing pornographic model Mia Malkova at a waterfall, and the photographer shared her experience about working in Costa Rica on her Tumblr social media page: Finally my sho...