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The tragedy following the collapse of the suspension bridge in Turrubares was an accident that could have been avoided. Watch the Telenoticias video taken in 2001 as evidence of the poor state of the bridge which had continued until Thursday. Watch the video.

Best Bank Costa Rica: Sweet Insulation
Costa Rica's state banks have played an important role in supporting the country's economy and continue to dominate at a time when private financial institutions and foreign operations may find it difficult to enter or increase share.



Luxury Home Tax Fine Can Be 10 Times The Tax
Foreign nationals should be especially careful about the new luxury home tax (casa de lujo in Spanish) because Costa Rica (Tico) attorneys and accountants have expressed confusion about how this new law affects owners.



New MOPT Minister To Be Announced Today; Ten Most Dangerous Bridges Will Have To Wait Arrival Of Japanese Expert
The ten most dangerous bridges in Costa Rica will have to wait until next year for supervision and inspection of the work to be carried out by the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), when a Japanese expert from the Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Japón (JICA) is set to arrive.

 

 

State Banks And Public Institutions Banned From Advertising During Elections
The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) has warned the state banks - Banco de Costa Rica (BCR), Banco Nacional (BN) and the Banco Popular to stop all advertising campaigns during the presidential elections. The ban is for the period leading up to and including election day on February 7, 2010.



Costa Rica Internet Broadband Grows 27.3% First-Half of 2009
Costa Rica Reaches 5.8% Overall Broadband Internet Penetration, With Private and Public Schools Reaching 15% and 27% Growth, Respectively Results of the Cisco Costa Rica Broadband Barometer Project reported a 27.3% growth in fixed broadband connections in Costa Rica during the first half of 2009.



Legislators Wants To Force Prisoners To Work
If Carlos Gutiérrez, legislator of the Movimiento Libertario, has his way prisoners in Costa Rica will have to earn their keep.



Heavy Rains Force Shut Down Of Important Highway To Guápiles
Heavy rains forced the complete shut down of Ruta 32, the highway to Guápiles shortly after 5pm on Monday, as passage on the highway was blocked due to landslides at various points, mainly at kilometres 18 and 51.
 
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
HONDURAS
Crisis Redux - Zelaya, Micheletti Begin to Disagree About Accord
TEGUCIGALPA – Barely two days after agreeing to an accord to resolve the political crisis in Honduras caused by his June 28 removal, deposed President Mel Zelaya and current President Roberto Micheletti are beginning to differ on the details of the pact.



NICARAGUA
Nicaraguan Reporter Denounces Attack by Police
MANAGUA – A journalist and leader of the Autonomous Women’s Movement filed a complaint Monday with the independent Nicaraguan Human Rights Center about an attack she suffered last week at the hands of police.
 

PANAMA
Panama Denies Agreement With U.S. On Military Bases
PANAMA  - Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela denied on Monday his country had reached agreement with the United States on the creation of four aerial-maritime bases in the Panamanian coasts.



PANAMA
Panama Lauds Cuba Stance against US Blockade
PANAMA - The Cuban government, which emerged from the heroic deed at the Sierra Maestra mountains, has reached on Friday 50 years defending its sovereignty and right to self determination," journalist Grant Geneteau asserted in this capital.
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Security Chief Robbed and Killed
CARACAS – The murder of the chief of the government's much-vaunted attempt to cut violent crime in this capital



COLOMBIA
Colombia Paramilitary, US Links Exposed
CARACAS - V
enezuela denounced increasing paramilitary activity as strategy to conceal soaring US access to Colombian military bases.

 

ECUADRO
Ecuadorians go to Cemeteries en Masse

QUITO - To honor their deceased means a lot to thousands of Ecuadorian people, although it is a good occasion to sell flowers, food, craftwork and even water to clean tombs.



BRAZIL
Lula to London, Given Chatham House Award
BRASILIA  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will travel Tuesday to Britain where he is to meet with the UK Prime Minister and attend a business seminar.
 
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CHILE:
Teen Pregnancy, a Problem That Won’t Go Away

Chile currently stands out for its spectacular progress in a number of health indicators, including maternal and child mortality and chronic malnutrition. But these successes obscure an acute social problem that refuses to yield: the steady rise in the number of teenage mothers.
 

 

 


 
   
   

Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces

 
 


 
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