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Costa Rica's Health Minister Recommends NO HAND SHAKING Or KISSING To Keep Flu Virus From Spreading
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, is asking Ticos (Costa Ricans) to refrain from the traditional greeting with a kiss, as well as a hand shake and to stay clear of anyone who has a cold. The recommendation is for users of public transportation and the population in general.

AH1N1 Deaths In Costa Rica Now At 17; Teachers Union Protests Return to School On Monday
A 20 year old man suffering from serious health problems became the 17th victim of the AH1N1 flu virus in Costa Rica, as the ministerio de Salud warns the peak period for the pandemic will continue for at least two more weeks.

911 Buys Luxury Bus Only To Have It Sit Parked
The decision of the 911 emergency response system to purchase a brand spanking new bus has come under scrutiny, especially for the fact that the bus is now sitting parked and with no defined purpose or use.

Guanacaste Celebrates Today Its 185th Anniversary
Today is July 25 and the anniversary of the 185th anniversary of the Anexión del Partido de Nicoya, the integration of the province of Guanacaste to Costa Rica.

Highway Between Liberia and Peñas Blancas To Be Expanded
(InfoWebPress) — In the past edition of The Guanacaste Journal, we informed about the project to widen the section of the Pan American Highway North between Liberia and Cañas to four lanes.

 

Holding over his head the chain that separates Honduras and Nicaragua at Las Manos, deposed Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, made the symbolic return to his country, before turning back. Zelaya has vowed to make his way to Tegucigalpa by tomorrow, amid fears of bloodshed in his attempt. [Foto: Reuters]

 
 
 

   HONDURAS CRISIS - Day 27
 
Tension at Honduran Border
Tegucigalpa - The Honduran border where President Manuel Zelaya reentered his country Friday remains tense Saturday morning with the military and police forces deployed all around the area, blocking the movement of thousands of followers of the leftist leader.

Honduras Warns of US Complicity
Tegulcigalpa -  Leaders of the National Front against the Coup in Honduras warned Friday about complicity of the US with the June 28 military coup that defeated President Manuel Zelaya.

Nicaragua Highlights Trade with Venezuela
Managua - Nicaraguan authorities ratified the importance of trade with Venezuela that surpassed 6.3 million dollars in 2007 by 45 million so far in 2009.

Guatemala Farmers Block Roads

Guatemala, -  Thousands of farmers have blocked roads in 16 points of Guatemala, with a strong police reaction in at least one of them.
 
 
 
 
US Military Bases Affect Colombia-Venezuela Ties
Caracas - Relations between Colombia and Venezuela are going through diffculties after Bogota decided to open four US military bases.

Chile Award to Nicaraguan Poet Cardenal
Santiago, Chile - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will grant on Monday the Ibero-American Pablo Neruda poetry Award, the highest distinction in Chile to that genre, to Nicaraguan intellectual Ernesto Cardenal, La Moneda Palace confirmed on Friday.

MERCOSUR for More Integration
Asuncion - The 37th Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Summit of heads of State and government that is starting on Friday will be decisive for an effective regional integration, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo asserted.

CIA Connects Pinera to Pinochet
Santiago - Documents revealed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), published on Friday in this capital, relate presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera to ex dictator Augusto Pinochet and several actions for illegal enrichment.
 
 

SOUTH AMERICA:
Mercosur Summit Calls for Zelaya's Return

The presidents of South America's main trade bloc, Mercosur, demanded at their summit in Paraguay Friday the unconditional, peaceful return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.
 

 
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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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