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Costa Rican
Health Minister Calls For Extreme Alert For
AH1N1
Following the confirmation of the third
death from the AH1N1 flu virus in Costa
Rica, health officials have intensified the
alert.
New Vehicular
Inspection Manual To Be Introduced On
Wednesday
The new manual to be used for the annual
vehicular inspection by RITEVE will be a
little lighter than expected, as only 30
items, instead of the announced 45, will be
upgraded to "grave" (serious).
It's Sweater
Time In Costa Rica
Strong winds have been trashing the Central
Valley since Friday, bringing with them cold
air. And according to Rebecca Morera of the
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
national weather service
- they will be around
for a day or two more.
ICE May Have To
Reimburse Customers
The SUTEL, the new
telecommunications
regulator, has opened an
investigation into some
30 complaints about the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
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Tourists
enjoy
the
"Pineapple
Tour" at
the "Finca
Corsicana"
in
Sarapiqui,
100 km
north
from San
Jose.
Costa
Rica is
the
happiest
place on
earth,
and one
of the
most
environmentally
friendly,
according
to a new
survey
by a
British
non-governmental
group. [Foto:
Mayela
Lopez] |
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CRISIS IN HONDURAS
Zelaya Confirms His Return to Honduras On
Sunday
Deposed Honduran president, Manuel
Zelaya, confirmed that he will be arriving
in Honduras on Sunday, accompanied by Latin
American leaders and asked Hondurans to
greet him at the Tegucugalpa international
airport.
CRISIS IN HONDURAS
OAS Expels Honduras Over Coup
Washington - The
Organization of American States (OAS) late
Saturday suspended Honduras' membership
after the Central American country ignored
an OAS ultimatum to reinstate coup ousted
President Manuel Zelaya.
CRISIS IN HONDURAS
Honduras Anti-coup Protests on Day 7
Tegucigalpa - Honduras Popular Resistance Front on
Saturday continues to protest the military
coup that on Sunday ousted President Manuel Zelaya and drew worldwide condemnation.
CRISIS IN HONDURAS
US Must Forgo Honduras Coup, Ortega
Managua - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called on the White House to hold firm against Honduras coup. |
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Colombia-Ecuador Spat Worsens
An Ecuadorean judge ordered the arrest of a former Colombian official involved in a 2008 bombing raid carried out in Ecuador, but Bogota refused to recognise his jurisdiction, intensifying cross-border diplomatic tensions.
Venezuela Reserves at $30 Billion
Caracas - The Venezuelan economy continues to
strengthen as its international reserves increased
to 30.5 billion dollars at the beginning of July in
spite of the world economic crisis.Inter-oceanic Corridor Assessed in Bolivia
Cochabamba,
Bolivia - Public Works
ministers of Bolivia, Chile, and Brazil will be
meeting here on Saturday to evaluate progress in the
construction of the so-called inter-oceanic corridor
that will link those countries.
Shining Path Hunters Guilty in Peru
Lima - The Peruvian Supreme Court ratified a guilty
verdict against general (r) Julio Salazar Monroe for
the murder of a professor and nine university
students on July 18, 1992.
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CUBA-US:
Frosty Relations No
Bar to Communication
HAVANA (IPS) -
Cuba and the United
States are poised to
resume talks on
migration issues any
time now, although
the five Cuban
agents imprisoned in
the U.S. remain "a
formidable obstacle"
to normalising
bilateral relations,
according to Cuban
parliament president
Ricardo Alarcón.
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Settle
For a Slowdown
There are times when all you
want from your vacation is
to move slower than a
narcoleptic construction
worker. If embracing the
Kenny Chesney motto, "no
shoes, no shirt, no problem"
sounds awfully good, look no
farther than Samara Beach,
Costa Rica, a perfect beach
town where the clocks don’t
work.
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
residence. |
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