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Mob Ties to Costa Rica Betting
Nine membes of the New York Bonanno mafia family are behind bars in the U.S. for processing illegal bets in the Bronx and through a company in Costa Rica located in Heredia. >more
 

No Water Rationing This Year
The Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) - the nation's supplier of drinking water - says that it is looking for new sources of fresh water to avoid the traditional seasonal water rationing. >more

 

More Than 1.000.000 Cellular Telephone Users Expected This Year
ICE - the state telephone and electricity monopoly - expects that by the end of 2203 to have more than 1.000.000 cellular subscribers or about 25% of the population to have a cellular telephone. And, it expected to double that in about 2 years. >more
 

Briton who spoke out over 'illegal' adoptions faces prison
A British man faces up to five years in a Guatemalan prison after accusing the former wife of a high-ranking judge of being involved in illegal international adoptions. >more
 

Colombia DEA Chief Discusses Targets
Big criminal gangs specializing in the cocaine and heroin trade, crushed by the government with U.S. help, have spawned what the new top American drug agent in Colombia calls "baby poisonous snakes" — microcartels specializing in individual sectors of the narcotics business.  >more


 

 
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COSTA RICA TRAVEL & TOURISM
COCOS ISLAND NATIONAL PARK AND ITS NATURAL HERITAGE
A tiny dark speck on the horizon grows slowly; sea birds appear gradually and hint of the possibility of land nearby; dolphins frolic alongside the boat and guide the way; and the tone of water slowly changes from a deep blue to a tantalizing turquoise. Little by little steep black cliffs, fringed by a dense green vegetation and split by thundering waterfalls, come into view.  >more


 

 
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THE INTERNET
New worm virus threatens Internet
Computer security experts fear a new worm that began spreading rapidly across Australian e-mail networks on Sunday could be a rehearsal for a more concerted attack in coming weeks, Cnet reported on Tuesday.

The worm, dubbed Bagle-A, carries an expiration date, possibly indicating that more robust versions of the worm could be slated for release soon, said Daniel Zatz, security expert for US software company Computer Associates (CA).  >more


 
SPECIAL REPORTS
GUATEMALA:
Berger Elected President
Rightist Oscar Berger of the Great National Alliance (GANA) won the second round of elections on Dec. 28 with 54.1 percent of the votes over Álvaro Colom of the National Union of Hope (UNE), who obtained 45.8 percent.

Berger, a 56-year-old businessman, assumes the presidency on Jan. 14 for the next four years, receiving a country in which 57 percent of Guatemalans are living in poverty, there is a high degree of political instability and serious problems of corruption exist. >more


MEXICO:
NAFTA and Zapatistas both reach 10-year anniversaries
Ten years on, NAFTA’s benefits are dubious and Zapatistas reaffirm their autonomy.

Just after midnight, the pitch-black New Year’s night suddenly came alive with darting shadows. The slap-slap of rubber boots against the slick pavement echoed throughout the silent neighborhoods on the outskirts of San Cristóbal de las Casas, in Chiapas, Mexico’s most southern and impoverished state.  >more

 

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