Photo: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images Andrés “Manga” Escobar, a 30-year-old Colombian soccer player, has become the subject of controversy after being arrested for raping a woman in Iceland. He was sentenced to two and a half years for that charge by the Reykjavik District Court. “Escobar was convicted of raping a woman in his home on … Read more
In the last three summer seasons only one whale has been hunted in Iceland. Photo: TOM GROVE/AFP/Getty Images Iceland, one of the three countries in the world along with Norway and Japan that continues to hunt whales for commercial purposes, plans to end this activity from 2024 because the demand decreases, the Fisheries Minister said … Read more
This is one of those first world problems that we would like to have in Latin American countries: “I don’t know what to do with so much money.” Although it is a cartoon, the truth is that Iceland’s pension system, which has been listed as one of the most successful in the world, has such … Read more