{"id":4012,"date":"2024-04-08T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?page_id=4012"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:48:50","slug":"issue-44","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/issue-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 44"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4012\" class=\"elementor elementor-4012\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ba9830 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ba9830\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0390a5e\" data-id=\"0390a5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f94a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-anymag_title\" data-id=\"9f94a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anymag_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-title side-pattern\"><h4>Issues<\/h4><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1e1ce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"e1e1ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-outer carousel-slider-outer-hero-banner-slider carousel-slider-outer-3961\" style=\"--carousel-slider-nav-color:#f1f1f1;--carousel-slider-active-nav-color:rgb(239,47,0);--carousel-slider-arrow-size:48px;--carousel-slider-bullet-size:10px\">\n<div id=\"&#039;id-3961\" class=\"carousel-slider carousel-slider-3961 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carousel-slider--h-position-center carousel-slider--v-position-middle carousel-slider--text-center\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:1rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:1rem\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__content hidden\" style=\"max-width:400px\" data-animation=\"\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__heading\" style=\"--cs-heading-font-size:40px;--cs-heading-gutter:30px;--cs-heading-color:#ffffff\">Slide Heading<\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__description\" style=\"--cs-description-font-size:20px;--cs-description-gutter:30px;--cs-description-color:#ffffff\">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quas, magnam!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell hero__cell-2\" style=\"--cell-height: 400px\"><div id=\"slide-item-3961-2\" class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__background\" style=\"background-position:center center;background-size:contain;background-image:url(https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hospital-del-Rio-Cover-Issue-44.png);background-color:rgb(239,223,193)\"><\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__inner carousel-slider--h-position-center carousel-slider--v-position-middle carousel-slider--text-center\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:1rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:1rem\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__content hidden\" style=\"max-width:400px\" data-animation=\"\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__heading\" style=\"--cs-heading-font-size:40px;--cs-heading-gutter:30px;--cs-heading-color:#ffffff\">Slide Heading<\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__description\" style=\"--cs-description-font-size:20px;--cs-description-gutter:30px;--cs-description-color:#ffffff\">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quas, magnam!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<a class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell hero__cell-3\" style=\"--cell-height: 400px\" href=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div id=\"slide-item-3961-3\" class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__background\" style=\"background-position:center center;background-size:contain;background-image:url(https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Issue45-Cover-Story.jpg);background-color:rgb(239,223,193)\"><\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__inner carousel-slider--h-position-center carousel-slider--v-position-middle carousel-slider--text-center\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:1rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:1rem\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__background_overlay\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\"><\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__content hidden\" style=\"max-width:400px\" data-animation=\"\"><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__heading\" style=\"--cs-heading-font-size:40px;--cs-heading-gutter:30px;--cs-heading-color:rgb(221,51,51)\">Issue 45<\/div><div class=\"carousel-slider-hero__cell__description\" style=\"--cs-description-font-size:20px;--cs-description-gutter:30px;--cs-description-color:#ffffff\">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. 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