The global community of English-speaking individuals who settle in countries other than their native lands is currently embroiled in a heated discussion over semantics. The discourse of discontent focuses on the English-language terms “expatriate” and “immigrant,” which can be used as nouns or adjectives to describe those who move to other nations on a long-term or permanent basis. English-lang...

Jenner in 2011, Source: Wikimedia Commons Washington, Apr 25 (EFE).- TV star and former U.S. Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner confirmed in a television interview the rumors about his sexual orientation that have circulated for some time, and said he feels like a woman and from now on he will live like one. "For all intents and purposes, I am a woman," Jenner, 65, told Diane Sawyer in an emotion...

They miss Jairo. Source: Sea Shepherd The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recently announced Operation Jairo, a sea turtle protection campaign that will take place this summer in southeastern Florida, Honduras and Costa Rica. Among the sites to be patrolled by Sea Shepherd volunteers this season is Moin Beach in Costa Rica’s Caribbean province of Limón, the site of the tragic murder of young...

If you are heading to the ritzy Lincoln Plaza shopping mall in the eastern suburbs of San Jose, please note that you may encounter storm troopers from the 501st Legion, an Imperial galactic unit that once served as the personal guard of Darth Vader in the Star Wars universe. You may also run into Jedi Knights, Rebel fighters and Mandalorians while at the mall, but there's no reason to worry: They ...

Los Angeles, Apr 21 (EFE).- In a life marked by problems with her racial and sexual identity, drug abuse and dabbling in prostitution, Venezuelan model and actress Patricia Velasquez reveals in an autobiographical book her difficulties in "accepting myself." As is made clear in "Sin tacones. Sin reserva. Diario de una supermodelo en busqueda de su verdad," the Spanish language version of her au...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Miami, Apr 19 (EFE).- Sofia Vergara denied that she wanted to destroy the embryos she and her ex-boyfriend Nick Loeb froze, contradicting what the U.S. businessman had claimed in a lawsuit he filed against the Colombian actress. "Vergara has never wanted to destroy her embryos," the attorney for the best-paid actress on U.S. television - according to Forbes Magazin...

Wayland, MA (PRWEB) April 07, 2015 – With a record 30% plus increase in destination weddings in the last year, Destination Weddings Travel Group makes unprecedented changes in 2015 to evolve with the modern destination wedding. Globally, destination weddings are experiencing an exciting shift, with distinct services and unique concepts quickly emerging in order to satisfy this diverse market. S...

Screenshot of LlamaCostaRica.com Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) April 18, 2015- Sometimes, sending a gift for no reason whatsoever is a special present for both the sender and the receiver. Keeping that in mind, for all Costa Ricans living abroad, LlamaCostaRica.com has a special offer: 100% bonus on international mobile recharges sent to Kolbi Costa Rica mobiles. The offer is valid until May 1st...

Source: Univision Miami, Apr 17 (EFE).- "Sabado Gigante," the world's longest-running variety show on television with 53 years on the air and which is hosted by Chile's Don Francisco, will come to an end next September, the U.S. Spanish-language network Univision announced Friday. "After an extraordinary run, Univision's most popular variety program, 'Sabado Gigante' (Giant Saturday), will ...

Source: OneSeed Newswise — Stella Liu wanted to solve a problem. She knew that her peers were passionate about local organic food and curious about growing their own fruits and vegetables. But many of them had no gardening experience, lived in apartments or were intimidated by massive home improvement stores, with their endless options for soil, fertilizer and tools. That’s where OneSeed co...

Source: Chica Surf Adventures Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 13, 2015 - Chica Surf Adventures has taken advantage of one of the top marketing tools available to businesses today. Social media like Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook have become the new poster boards for users to comment, review and even post videos to show others all about a location and a vacation experience they love. Th...

Wikimedia Commons Bogota, Apr 13 (EFE).- Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony inaugurated the Victor Tamayo Orphanage in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla in northern Colombia, which will initially benefit 100 poor children, city officials said. "You have no idea how moved I am to share this moment with you. This dream began years ago at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic - that day I comm...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Face it! Men want to look good and feel good, from head to toe, and are looking for better choices for their shave and skin care. With the sales of all natural and organic personal care products expected to grow to $13B by 2019 driving the growth of the overall personal care category and a population of 101.6 million men in America between 15 – 64 shopp...

By Fernando Mexia. Source: Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Apr 13 (EFE).- Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his role as the Terminator with the screenplay for the fifth installment in the film series including the cyborg character he first played in 1984, a semi-human robot that can regenerate itself but which is subject to the physical deterioration that accompanies aging. The actor ...

Jill Ruttenberg of AmaTierra Retreat in Costa Rica This article was kindly provided by Jill Ruttenberg of AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center in Costa Rica.   Yes, there are Greens that should NOT be eaten raw! Recent trends in nutrition promote eating mostly raw foods. As a nutritionist I feel it’s necessary to qualify a few things about this popular new eating practice. First ...

Game of Thrones title card. Flickr Commons By Fernando Mexia Los Angeles, Apr 10 (EFE).- Unremitting power struggles, an insatiable thirst for revenge and the cold of darkest winter return to the medieval Seven Kingdoms in "Game of Thrones," a hit TV series debuting its fifth season this weekend on screens worldwide. The drama inspired by the literary saga "A Song of Ice and Fire" by Geo...

Source: ITV The first season of the successful reality television series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive will return for a second season, but it is not yet clear whether it will be filmed in Costa Rica again. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, the first season of Mission Survive was filmed in and around the cloud forests near the Arenal Volcano, and the series was arranged as a wil...

Justin Bieber performs in 2011. Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Apr 10 (EFE).- An Argentine court has issued an international alert for the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber and two of his bodyguards on grounds of their alleged aggression against a photographer, judicial officials confirmed to Efe on Friday. Investigating Judge Alberto Baños asked Interpol for the "immediate detention" of th...

Source: ITV LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), today announced the programming slate Electus International will be bringing to market at MIPTV 2015 in Cannes, France. The studio's offerings reflect a mix of scripted, unscripted, and event programming, and include original series concepts developed by ...

Wikimedia Commons Chicago, Apr 7 (EFE).- U.S. company Burger King will pay the wedding expenses for a young Illinois couple named Joel Burger and Ashley King, whose children will carry forward in their last names the "lineage" of the multinational fast-food chain, local media said. Burger, 24, and King, 23, accepted the offer of the Miami-based fast-food chain to sponsor their wedding next ...

Source: Blue Bottle Blue Bottle, a specialty coffee roaster located in California, recently announced a new special blend from Costa Rica. This new gourmet offering is called Costa Rica Tarrazú Divino Niño, and it comes from a finca in the hills of San Pablo de Leon Cortes, in the ultra-fertile coffee growing region of Tarrazú.   This is how Blue Bottle describes this new blend: ...

New York, Apr 6 (EFE).- Actor Leonardo DiCaprio plans to build an eco-friendly resort on an uninhabited island off Belize, a project aimed at combining environmentalism and hospitality.   "The main focus is to do something that will change the world," DiCaprio told The New York Times, adding that he wanted to create a resort that "could be groundbreaking in the environmental movement." ...

"Mad Men season 5 cast photo" by Source (WP:NFCC#4). Licensed under Fair Use via Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Apr 4 (EFE).- The winding down of the critically acclaimed "Mad Men" saga, hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as the best drama series of all time, marks an end of an era for the AMC cable network and U.S. television and will be must-see viewing over the next several weeks for millions...

ENOB - Basquiat, 1985. Flickr Commons By Mateo Sancho Cardiel New York, Apr 3 (EFE).- He was among the most influential yet one of the shortest-lived artists of the second half of the 20th century, but the complicated mind of Jean-Michel Basquiat, which raised him to fame and plunged him into self-destruction, has a roadmap in the eight hand-written notebooks being exhibited starting Friday...

Washington, Apr 2 (EFE).- Airbnb, the online lodgings marketplace, announced Thursday it is extending its operation to Cuba, becoming one of the first companies offering home-rentals to U.S. citizens authorized to travel to the island. Following last December's announcement of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations, President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting some of the restrictions on tra...

San Juan, Mar 31 (EFE).- Popular ufologist Reinaldo Rios has announced his independent run for the governorship of Puerto Rico on a platform of making the island a world center for paranormal tourism. "What I want is to create a Disney World of the infinite space we live in. Many tourists would come here and make investments," Rios said in an interview with Efe. The candidate, who teaches fi...

Tidal.com screenshot New York, Mar 30 (EFE).- The artists have taken the initiative in resolving the business model crisis in the music industry and on Monday Jay Z gathered together in New York Madonna, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Alicia Keys, among others, to present Tidal, a "streaming" music platform intended to compete with Spotify. While the industry is still lamenting the death of the CD an...

Three out of ten municipal councils in Costa Rica have resolved that they will not allow the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the most solemn days leading up to Easter. As of Palm Sunday, only a handful of municipalities had not yet issued a decision on whether they should apply “dry laws” in their communities, and the total number of cantons and districts that will go dry this Thursd...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE Mexico City, Mar 28 (EFE).- Day of the Dead symbols, including skulls, skeletons and altars to be used in the opening scene of "Spectre," the latest installment in the James Bond spy saga, have taken over the Mexican capital's downtown area in recent days. Daniel Craig, who pla...

Beach house in Costa Rica By Carolina Ruiz Vega Everyone has a favorite color… but do you know what influence does it paint on your mood? Colors evoke feelings and emotions directly related to human perception. For this reason, you should think about the mood that certain tones may impose on your psyche before changing the color of your room. Studies such conducted by Creighton University ha...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Mar 26 (EFE).- British director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who directed "Fifty Shades of Grey", has said that she will not return to direct the sequel. "Directing Fifty Shades of Grey has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that," Taylor-Johnson said in a statement posted by Deadline on Wednesday. "I...

Flickr Commons Although the traditional cocktail of the province of Guanacaste, one of the most tourist-friendly regions of Costa Rica, is the Chili Guaro, North American expats in Tamarindo Beach have been recently looking for more refreshing alternatives. A former liquor store clerk who worked in that beach town recently spoke to The Costa Rica Star about an influx of tourists and foreign re...

Source: ITV ITV Press Release - This is the last episode in this adrenalin-fuelled series starring Bear Grylls for ITV. In Mission Survive the adventurer takes a group of celebrities into the depths of one of the most unforgiving Central American rainforests, where they will be competing in an epic 12-day survival mission.   To stay alive they must navigate impossible terrain, build...

Jairo Zelaya - Pixabay Commons By Beatriz Pascual Macias   Washington, Mar 24 (EFE).- Six out of every 10 Hispanics in the United States speak English or are bilingual, though adults born to an immigrant family are most likely to communicate easily in both English and Spanish, according to a new study published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.   The center found that 3...

Source: Trivia Crack Buenos Aires, Mar 23 (EFE).- Just four years after giving up a job developing financial apps to enter the world of games, Argentine computer engineer Maximo Cavazzani has seen his Preguntados/Trivia Crack become the world's fourth-most-downloaded app, with 125 million users. To create "something that everyone would be able to do" was his guiding principle, he told Efe i...

Source: Facebook It's official: The Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLIX is currently relaxing and having a great time with his family in Costa Rica. Tom Brady of the New England Patriots is probably one of the most recognized professional athletes within the National Football League (NFL), and his connection to Costa Rica dates back a few years. As previously reported by The Costa Rica ...

Source: Waterfall Villas (PRWEB) March 23, 2015 - Waterfall Villas Wellness Retreat is located in the Baru Rainforest of Costa Rica's South Pacific region. If interested in a good travel deal this month, enjoy Waterfall Villas' Easter Week Special, including 7 nights at this spectacular resort. Join for adventure, romance, detox, yoga and waterfalls during the most significant and celebrated h...

Wikimedia Commons High in the mountains that surround the agricultural canton of Naranjo, in the province of Alajuela, there's a special type of resort that welcomes open-minded guests in Costa Rica whose sexual predilections include engaging with multiple partners, watching others perform erotic acts, and allowing their partners to do the same. According to a couple of lengthy reports file...

One of Ishiguro's robots. Source: Wikimedia Commons Managua, Mar 21 (EFE).- Japanese scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro presented in Nicaragua two robots he calls "humanoids," which he developed with systems of cognitive intelligence, and which are capable of walking, talking and interacting with people. Ishiguro is director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory of the Upper School of Engineering ...

Source: Fuerza Publica The non-fiction best-seller The Orchid Thief is one of the most acclaimed works of United States journalist and author Susan Orlean. As befits its title, The Orchid Thief is about a poacher of rare flowers whose life obsession is the Ghost Orchid, a magnificent endangered species. The book was masterfully adapted into the 2002 film Adaptation, which earned actor Chris Co...