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Presidential
Run!
Colombia's
president,
Álvaro
Uribe,
accompanied
by his
security
team,
run the
runway
of the
Medellin's,
aeropuerto
Olaya
Herrera,
to meet
his
counterparts
from
Honduras,
Manuel
Zelaya;
El
Salvador,
Elías
Saca;
and
Guatemala,
Óscar
Berger,
who
arrived
in
Colombia
to sign
a free
trade
deal. [Foto:
EFE]
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Saturday 11
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Cases of Hemorrhagic
Dengue At Record High
The number of cases of
hemorrhagic dengue has
reached alarming
numbers, as the
Ministerio de Salud
reports 128 cases as of
August 4th, 44% of which
are in the Caribbean
province of Limón.
US Ambassador Accused of
Meddling
United States ambassador
to Costa Rica, Mark
Langdale, had been
charged before the
Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) by
three union groups for
meddling with the
referendum process of
the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC).
Ticos Less Optimistic of
the Economic Future
The number of Costa
Ricans who feel that the
country is doing better
over last year has
diminished by 24%
according to a report by
the Spanish language
daily, La Nación.
Farmers for the
Environment
More than 200,000
hectares (642,460 acres)
of the territory of
Costa Rica are wildlife
refuges now, thanks to
the initiative of the
farmers who own that
land.
NASA Mission
Completed
With smiles of
satisfaction, the
scientists and support
staff of NASA Mission
TC4 completed a
three-week research on
cloud formation in the
tropics.
Prosecutor Has Two
Weeks to Wrap Up Case in Parmenio Murder
Trial
The trial began on December 8, 2005,
against nine people who are accused of
murdering journalist Parmenio Medina.
Sandinista
Government Promoting International
Cooperation in Nicaragua
Eight months after
taking office, Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega continues to boost
international cooperation as part of his
program for the development of his
country, the second poorest nation in
Latin America.
Panama Addresses
Youth Drug Addiction
Youth drug addition is
the focus of a
conference convened by
the Panamanian Congress
with some 500
specialists and
legislators from Cuba,
Spain, Colombia, Mexico
and the United States.
Guatemalan Deputies Hold
Back Law
Law projects of social
interest are still
shelved in the
Guatemalan Congress by
decision of legislators
to delay discussion of
controversial issues
until after the
elections.
Honduran President
Called to Violence Meet
The Honduran Supreme
Court (CSJ) urged
President Manuel Zelaya
on Friday to call an
emergency meeting to
face the upswell of
violence in the country.
Brazilian police refuse
us$5 million reward for
Colombian druglord
arrest
Brazilian federal police
on Friday turned down a
us$5 million dollar
reward offered by the
U.S. government for the
capture of the Colombian
drug lord Juan Carlos
Ramirez Abadia.
COLOMBIA:
Reporters Caught Between
a Rock and a Hard Place
Between 6:00 and 7:00 AM
Friday there was no
regular news broadcast
in the northeastern
Colombian town of
Saravena. Instead, the
Notifrontera news team
of the Sarare Estéreo
radio station read out a
brief statement and
played Colombian folk
music.
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