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"A CHAIR IS ONE of the most intimate types of furniture-it has so much contact with your body," said New York designer Aaron Poritz, who points out that a coffee table, for instance, bears little responsibility for providing comfort or keeping you upright.

The Sandinista government's long-stalled plans to built a cruise ship terminal and tourism center in San Juan del Sur appear to be back on track.

One of the Women Artists of Matenwa adds background to artwork that is steady, creative employment for 43 women in the remote Haitian village.

COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT, PAUL. WHO CAN FORGET THESE IMAGES FROM THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE IN HATEY THAT LEFT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEAD -- HAITI THAT LEFT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEAD.

Jamaican authorities have blocked off streets around the island's supreme court as a high-profile murder trial for dancehall reggae star Vybz Kartel winds down.

Honduran authorities say they have dismantled a criminal ring involving a U.S. man already jailed in Miami and two Honduran citizens who forced girls to become prostitutes and pose naked for pornography.

Embattled dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel, whose given name is Adidja Palmer, was found guilty today of the August 2011 murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams.

Cuban shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena reported to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, nearly three weeks after agreeing to a $25 million, five-year contract.

Aerial View of Turneffe Atoll, Belize Recent aerial surveys of Turneffe Atoll and the Belizean coastline have documented a record number of Antillean manatees: 507.

Would a government of a poorer country ever choose to say "no" to short-term economic profits because of concern for long-term environmental impacts? Surprise: that is precisely the case with at least two national governments that have said no to certain kinds of mining.

The "hard currency collection stores" [as the government itself named them], have started accepting both of the two Cuban currencies.

The credibility of Nicaragua's embattled judicial system is again being called into question this week after a judge's dubious ruling to drop drug smuggling charges against the brother of boxing champ and Sandinista-campaigner RomA n "Chocolatito" GonzA lez.

There she received machete chops to her face, neck, and extremities. Despite her grave injuries, Belance was able to save herself by dragging her mutilated body onto the street and asking for help.

A plan to transform a small Caribbean island off the southern coast of Haiti into a high-end resort will create more than 2,000 jobs and help change the image of this impoverished country, the prime minister said Wednesday.

The nutrition and supplement company's shares initially plunged more than 12 percent following a brief halt in trading pending the announcement.

Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission is running at what has been described as a chronic deficit and owes close to $2.5 billion to both National Gas Company and Trinidad Generation Company Limited because of old and inefficient equipment.

Hola! Como estas? The most commonly used words I heard and spoke on my study abroad trip to Costa Rica.

A judge in the Cayman Islands fined a Louisiana man $600 on Tuesday for forcing a Delta Air Lines flight to make an emergency landing after he got into a drunken argument with his wife aboard the plane on their anniversary.

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