Every country in the world has its fair share of strange laws—the United States included. We’re not sure exactly how...

"How do Germans celebrate Fourth of July?" asks one reader. Probably with as much enthusiasm as Americans celebrate German Unity Day—it’s today,...

Around the world, prison populations are diminishing. And fewer inmates means fewer prisons. Many aging decommissioned jails lie rotting away...

A Buenos Aires court has annulled the gubernatorial election that favored Argentina's governing party, outraging officials of President Cristina Fernandez's...

As we age, many of us feel that we outgrow certain things. Others might even tell you that that you...

Augusto C. Sandino International Airport has implemented improvements to overall services around the clock. In response to concerns from the private...

Amid the construction boom a few years ago, one real estate commentator said that perhaps the national bird of Panama,...

The border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana is the nation’s busiest, and it just got more complicated. As of...

Bank of America issued a statement July 28, halting Atlantic International Bank wire transfers, U.S. dollar bank drafts, and foreign currency...

The House of Representatives passed a new bill that will allow the government to seize passports from anyone that they...

Back in 2011, scientists searching for the shipwreck in Panama that sank under the command of the notorious privateer Henry...

Good news if you’re a doctor, bad news for nearly everyone else: World health problems are getting worse. Nearly everyone...

Some former government employees in Alberta, Canada, are upset about having their retiree pensions cut after receiving mistaken overpayments, according...

In Lisbon, Portugal, the urban street-art workshop LATA 65 is producing what may be the world’s first gang of graffiti...

You’ve read these lists before—Pebble Beach, Augusta, Sand Hills… but what if you want to play some challenging golf and...

A recent study out of Harvard and Dartmouth found that Social Security bankruptcy is closer than projected due to an...

In an interview with La Prensa, Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela said that his government is looking to recover money...

Switzerland has been named the happiest country in the world, according to the most recent World Happiness Report. In the report,...

The 11th annual Season of Classical Music is underway at the Teatro Metropolitano Jose Gutierrez Gomez in Medellín. Running from...

In 1975 the Khmer Rouge regime instigated the infamous Year Zero policy, intent on destroying all remnants of the prevailing...

Tax fraud is estimated to be a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States, but so is fraud on taxpayers. The...

The hills are still alive, as the “The Sound Of Music” turns 50. It has been 50 years since the...

Children have a knack for telling the truth as it is, as honest as it may be. Meet 11-year-old travel...

Being from Dublin, I've rung in most of my New Year’s in Ireland. The celebrations that take place on the...

The Orchid Bay community in Belize that I've been telling you about for some time has big plans for 2015....

A reader wrote this week to warn us about Nicaragua’s Hospital Bautista. Recently, the guy wasn’t feeling well, so his...

Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing...