InfoBAE screenshot reporting on the incident Buenos Aires, Feb 7 (EFE).- Former Miss Argentina Rocio Fiorella Santa Cruz has been barred from leaving the country by federal judicial officials in Posadas, the capital of the northeastern Argentine province of Misiones, after she was allegedly involved in a traffic accident that caused the death of a transit inspector who was riding a motorcycle,...

Wikimedia Commons Many dental tourists who choose to get treatments in Costa Rica are often interested in implantation procedures. Dental implants are prosthetic devices used to replace missing teeth; essentially, a dental implant is an artificial tooth that is permanently affixed to maxillary tissue by means of a root.   Dental implants are very popular among dental tourists, but t...

Dr. Mario Bonilla of New Smile Dental Group Oral restoration is the most popular procedure attracting dental tourists to Costa Rica, particularly when it comes from a desire to replace missing teeth. Although many dental tourists are driven by aesthetic motivations, this is not their sole impulse; according to the dental professionals at the New Smile Dental Group of Costa Rica, not all of the...

Source: Kate del Castillo Twitter San Juan, Feb 2 (EFE).- Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo will debut a song this week inspired by the relationship between Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and actress Kate del Castillo. As the singer's rep Mayna Nevarez told EFE, the single entitled "Escapate" (Escape) was recorded with the collaboration of Crespo's former bandmates in Grupo Mani...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Lima, Feb 2 (EFE).- The Rolling Stones sent a message to their Peruvian fans saying they "can't wait to play in Lima" on their Latin America Ole Tour. The rock group wound up rehearsals for the tour Monday in Santiago, and will give their first concert Wednesday in the Chilean capital, after which they...

Demi Lovato Instagram Miami, Feb 1 (EFE).- Actor Wilmer Valderrama on the weekend celebrated his 36th birthday in an original and "savage" way thanks to his girlfriend, singer and actress Demi Lovato, who took him to spend the entire day with a pack of wolves. The star of the television series "From Dusk Till Dawn" looked happy with the wolves in photos Lovato shared on her Instagram accoun...

Wikimedia Commons By Begoña Marin Miami, Jan 26 (EFE).- Spanish tenor Placido Domingo said that at 75, he feels he still has the strength to keep bringing the lyric opera genre to the world's stages. "In the last six years I've gone through some difficult health problems, but fortunately everything came out fine and I still feel strong enough to stay onstage," Domingo, who is giving a co...

Source: Trombones de Costa Rica INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will present the chamber music ensemble Trombones de Costa Rica, on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the F. S. Belcher Theater of the Davis Fine Arts Building located on the school’s Institute campus. The event is free and open to the public. Internationally acclaimed Trombones de Costa Rica will share...

FIle photo BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) JANUARY 20, 2016 - As healthcare costs and complexity in the U.S. continue to spiral upward, more and more retirees are asking, “Can I get high-quality healthcare for less if I move overseas?” The simple answer is yes. The Healthcare category of the 2016 International Living Global Retirement Index ranks the healthcare systems of the 23 most popular retirement l...

Happy children in Costa Rica Over the last few years, a lot of attention has been given to the importance of happiness as an intrinsic aspect of life. Many economists and sociologists agree on the concept of Gross National Happiness as a commitment to building a sovereign economy based on the affable well-being of the populace.   It so happens that Costa Rica has been recognized as ...

Wikimedia Commons Women who contemplate breast augmentation typically face a dilemma in terms of needs vs. wants. For the most part, breast augmentation procedures are performed for aesthetic reasons related to a youthful and perky look that may have been lost due to breastfeeding and the physiological changes that come with aging. As one of the most popular destinations for medical tourism...

Source: Blue Osa PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, OSA PENINSULA, Costa Rica (PRWEB) January 20, 2016 - Clean eating has grown significantly in popularity over the last year or so, encouraging people to ditch chemically enhanced and processed foods from their diet. Self-taught chef, Marie makes eating clean simple with her new cooking guide, “Eating Clean in Costa Rica.” Readers will be able to enjoy her int...

Source: America TeVe MIAMI, Jan. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- América TeVé once again makes television history in the United Stateswith its unique coverage of its' caravan – Path To Freedom Route. For the first time, a professional news team accompanies step by step and day by day, the first group of Cuban refugees stranded for months in Costa Rica, through its pilgrimage through Central Americ...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Jan 16 (EFE).- Dozens of residents in Lynwood, California, accepted the city's challenge Saturday to lose weight and at the same time take home $3,500 and learn what they need to know about diet and exercise. The municipal government of this city in Los Angeles County is into its seventh "Cash for Chunkers" program, which aims to motivate the community to stay...

Celine Dion and her late husband. Wikimedia Commons New York, Jan 16 (EFE).- Just two days after Canadian singer Celine Dion lost her husband to cancer, her older brother Daniel died Saturday of the same disease. He was 59. Daniel Dion, one of the artist's 13 siblings, died Saturday in Montreal of the brain, tongue and throat cancer he had been fighting, TMZ online entertainment news report...

Source: Starbucks The Starbucks Origin Experience takes partners (employees) from behind the counters of stores, corporate offices and roasting plants and brings them to work alongside farmers in coffee growing regions. The program offers a valuable perspective for people who have a passion for coffee, but may not have a connection to the distant places where coffee is grown. Starbucks phot...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Jan 12 (EFE).- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the world's oldest, will stop using elephants in its shows next May, though it will continue staging acts with other animals, the circus's production company, Feld Entertainment, said. When the cut-off date arrives, at least 42 pachyderms will be taken to the Center for Elephant Conservation in Flo...

Alfredo Guzman Twitter Mexico City, Jan 10 (EFE).- Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman's sons, Ivan Archivaldo and Alfredo Guzman, confirmed in Twitter posts on Sunday the authenticity of the photograph showing their father meeting with actor Sean Penn, who interviewed the Mexican drug lord for Rolling Stone magazine. "Short, but always with the best posture," Alfredo ...

Justin Bieber performs in 2011. Wikimedia Commons Cancun, Mexico, Jan 8 (EFE).- Singer Justin Bieber was thrown out of the Tulum archaeological site on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after his security personnel got into an argument with the guards of the pre-Columbian location. Adriana Velazquez, regional delegate of the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, told EFE that the a...

Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman. Source: Wikimedia Commons By Raul Cortes Mexico City, Jan 6 (EFE).- The spectacular escape of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman from prison last July had all the ingredients for a movie and a feature film chronicling his breakout will hit Mexican theaters on Jan. 15, the distributor told EFE. "Chapo. El escape del siglo" (Chapo: The Escape of the Centur...

Source: Cool Mountain Cool Mountain Beverages is a true craft soda maker and offers consumers a wide range of interesting flavors, They currently market; Green Apple, Strawberry, Black Cherry, Root Beer, Cream Soda, Orange Cream, Blue Razzberry. And now …California Peach, Royal Grape and Chicago Draft Style Ginger Ale. From California, Cool Mountain president Bill Drake explained: “We have...

Confederate flag flies in Columbia, South Carolina. Flickr Commons London, Jan 2 (EFE).- Film director Quentin Tarantino sees the Confederate flag as "some American swastika" and said, in an interview published Saturday in The Daily Telegraph, that it's about time that his country questioned why it is still displayed. The moviemaker, who presented in Britain his new film, "The Hateful Eight...

Instagram Where in the world is Lindsay Lohan? The Hollywood star and tabloid media magnet reportedly celebrated New Year's Eve in Costa Rica, specifically Bahia Salinas in the Gold Coast of Guanacaste, but she has been geographically tagging her Instagram updates in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. One of Miss Lohan's recent Instagram updates features a beach vista of a calm ocean agai...

Jack Donnelly By Jack Donnelly Article 75 of the Constitution states that Costa Rica is a Catholic country. That sounds more theocratic than the reality. The majority of Ticos will readily affirm they are Catholics, but many are rather laid back in their approach to observance and dogma. This is especially true in the areas of relationships, marriage, divorce, birth control, etc. There is a...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Dec 30 (EFE).- A court set bail of $1 million for U.S. comedian Bill Cosby on Wednesday after charges were filed against him for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Cosby appeared briefly in a courtroom in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia, after the District Attorney's Office charged him with "aggravated" sexual assault. The actor, who had to...

Source: Mark Salling Twitter Mark Salling, a 33-year old actor who was recently in Costa Rica to celebrate an impromptu “Glee” cast reunion, has been arrested in Los Angeles for alleged possession of child pornography. According to a wire report by Agencia EFE, international news partner of The Costa Rica Star, entertainment publications Variety and The Hollywood Reporter broke the story ab...

Pixabay Commons With the end of 2015 quickly approaching, people around the world are starting to think about their resolution for the New Year. Recent sociological research suggests that some of the most common New Year's resolutions include losing weight and giving up smoking, which happen to be two very positive and healthy promises. Alas, these resolutions are also the most commonly abando...

Wikimedia Commons The end-of-the-year holidays in Costa Rica are great for relaxation, travel, entertainment, and spending quality time with the family, but these days are also associated with certain excesses related to meals and beverages, which means that people should pay greater attention to oral hygiene during the holidays. Aside from the traditional tamales, the holiday season in Cos...

Wikimedia Commons Things did not go his way for rock star Lenny Kravitz, a resident of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, who was recently ordered to shut down a free dental practice he established on Eleuthera Island for the benefit of the local population. According to a news report published by Caribbean newspaper The Eleutheran, Mr. Kravitz organized the free dental clinic through his Let...

Flickr Commons By Yeny Garcia Havana, Dec 24 (EFE).- At the close of a year marked by the reestablishment of relations with Washington, Cubans are celebrating the Christmas holidays without big parties but the private restaurants known as "paladares" are causing family traditions to evolve and many people are trying out their culinary offerings. Since 1997, when Christmas was reinstated ...

A recent report by Research and Markets indicates that the global cosmetic dentistry market is set to grow at a rate of nearly 7 percent per year to become a $22.4 billion industry by the end of the decade. As one of the top dental tourism destinations in the Americas, Costa Rica is a significant contributor to this market. Cosmetic dentistry is marketed as a discipline that can produce beautiful...

Flickr Commons Los Angeles, Dec 18 (EFE).- Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez, who will co-host Sunday's Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, told EFE in an interview that Hispanics have the power to prevent Donald Trump from being elected president. "I refuse to believe it. I don't think it's possible," Sanchez said Thursday when asked whether the business magnate and Republican candidate...

The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been met with much praise when it premiered in the US this week and will hit theaters on 18th December. The action takes place 30 years after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and there are no Ewoks! The staff of Matinee, a renowned multilingual voice-over agency in the United Kingdom, decided to look at the different languages which is spoken in Star...

Yogi Aaron NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 16, 2015 - Yogi Aaron’s narrative is one of empowerment, imbued with a sense of adventure. Having built his name as the creator of Hot Nude Yoga, Aaron chronicles the life of a self-described “timid mother’s boy” into an assured, self-made yogi exemplifying metamorphosis. In “Autobiography of a Naked Yogi” (published by Balboa Press), Aaron shares how his p...

Source: Melissa Mora Facebook A digital photo featuring the labia majora of a popular lingerie model from Costa Rica is being furiously shared on social networks, and the model in question has taken exception to the uproar that a glimpse of her genitalia has caused. Melissa Mora is known as a bikini model, pop singer and reality TV show contestant who always seems to find herself in the med...

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - December 14, 2015) - Italian roasting coffee company illy and Los Angeles-based GreenLight Media & Marketing took home the Cristal award for best Non-Fiction Film in the Branded Entertainment & Content category for the feature-length documentary A Small Section of the World at the 2015 Cristal Festival, the annual five-day international media and creativity ...

Coffee Review, a popular online publication known to millions of coffee lovers as the "Wine Spectator of the coffee industry," has just revealed its third annual ranking of the year's top coffees and espressos, and two blends from Costa Rica are among the Top 30 for 2015. Coffees appearing on the list were grown in 11 different countries. The most frequently appearing origins are Panama and Eth...

Source: Fast Casual BOSTON, Dec. 10, 2015 () -- Così, Inc. (NASDAQ:COSI), the fast-casual restaurant company, today announced that its franchisee, Fast Casual Ltda., has opened its sixth Così® restaurant in Costa Rica at Nuevo City Plaza, located next to the main movie theater in Santa Ana, part of the western suburbs of San Jose. “We are pleased to announce the opening of another new Così re...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Dec 9 (EFE).- Spanish actor Antonio Banderas will pay $65,000 in monthly alimony to his ex-wife, fellow actor Melanie Griffith, as part of their divorce settlement, the TMZ Web site, which specializes in celebrity news, reported Wednesday. Banderas and Griffith split up in June 2014 after 18 years of marriage, claiming "irreconcilable differences." The sett...

Wikimedia Commons By Sara Gomez Armas Havana, Dec 7 (EFE).- "Papa," the U.S. film about the darkest years in the life of Ernest Hemingway that successfully skirted the longstanding embargo so it could be shot in Cuba, had its world premiere on the island that became his "true home," the legendary writer's granddaughter, Mariel Hemingway, who plays a part in the movie, said. "The film sho...