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The Best-Kept Secret in Costa Rica Is a Margaritaville Beach Resort With a Swim-Up Bar and an All-Inclusive Option

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The Pacific shifts its nature throughout the day at Playa Flami: at sunrise, it is soft and reflective; by afternoon it deepens into a richer blue that brightens the entire shoreline. This is the setting that defines Margaritaville Beach Resort Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, a beachfront refuge in Guanacaste where Pura Vida meets a refined […]

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Miami Prosecutor Indicts Five for Caribbean Narco-Trafficking

Above: US Attorney Wifredo Ferrer (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer and Javier Pena, Special Agent in Charge for the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced the unsealing of a July indictment of five nationals of the Dominican Republic for their alleged parts in narcotics […]

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Following China's Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted by several billion dollars in loans to the region announced last month. Now it seems […]

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Miami Prosecutor Plans Caribbean Basin Initiative to Fight Drug Trafficking

Above: US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer announced Thursday the creation of a Florida Caribbean Basin Initiative aimed at combating and deterring drug trafficking in the region. As part of the initiative, Ferrer’s office has […]