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Venezuela’s capital ranks as the world’s most murderous city

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:23:58 +0000

Just when Venezuelans thought things couldn’t get worse, that’s exactly what they did.

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Plastic to outweigh fish in world’s oceans by 2050: report

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:00:55 +0000

There will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by 2050, according to a report by the World Economic Forum released Tuesday, while another recent report by environmental nonprofit, Ocean Conservancy predicts that by 2025 - just 9 years from now - there will already be nearly one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish. The latter report also said that just five countries spew more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined.

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62 people now have more wealth than half the world combined: report

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:00:09 +0000

With $1.76 trillion, 62 people held more wealth than half the world’s population combined in 2015; that number was 388 people in 2010, according to Oxfam report.

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“We are living in the age of megacrises,” UN says, while suggesting new taxes

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:45:46 +0000

The world must spend an extra $15 billion a year to help people devastated by wars and natural disasters, the United Nations said Sunday. The shortfall in humanitarian aid comes even as countries are spending 12 times the amount they gave just 15 years ago.

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Momentum swings to Miami as venue for trial of ‘El Chapo’

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:00:00 +0000

U.S. and Mexican officials are engaged in high-level talks to determine whether Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will be tried in Miami or New York on drug-trafficking charges following his anticipated extradition to the United States from Mexico.

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These 5 countries spew more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined (and the US isn’t one of them)

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:00:21 +0000

The planet’s seas are choking on our junk: soda bottles, plastic bags and tons of cigarette butts. Distant spots in the ocean — called garbage gyres — have become vortexes where humanity’s trash bobs atop the water for miles on end.

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Watch full 17-minute video interview with El Chapo (VIDEO, English subtitles)

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:00:10 +0000

Watch full 17-minute video interview with El Chapo (VIDEO, English subtitles)

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Media slams Rolling Stone for giving El Chapo right to first edit

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:00:12 +0000

At the very beginning of Rolling Stone‘s exclusive interview of recently captured Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo‘ Guzman by actor and activist Sean Penn begins with the admission that El Chapo could edit the piece.

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Mexico recaptures drug lord ‘Chapo’ Guzman, president says

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:25:54 +0000

Mexico has recaptured the world's most notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman six months after he brazenly broke out of a maximum security prison through a mile-long tunnel, President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Friday.

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BREAKING: Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ CAPTURED in Mexico

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:00:13 +0000

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says authorities have captured fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who brazenly escaped from prison through a secret underground tunnel seven months ago.

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