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Saturday 10 October 2009
9:00am, La Merced


On October 10, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Lawrence Olivier Theater, LTG is offering the community a unique opportunity. Just About Us Girls - a day-long event covers everything from hair care, skin care, make-up, nutrition and exercise. email [email protected]. Learn how to make yourself an “after” everyday!or call 8858-1446 or reserve online at: www.littletheatregroup.com

 

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A baby slept in a wheelbarrow at the San Isidro market in Tegucigalpa. A coup-imposed government withdrew a decree that curbed civil liberties due to Honduras’s ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s return. [Foto: Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press]

Carnavales de Limón Suspended!
At the last minute the carnavales de Limón were suspended on Friday, a day after they began. The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, explained that the organizers did not comply with all the Salud requirements to minimize the health risk to visitors.



466 Years Prison Faced By Attackers of Casino Workers
The families of the 3 victims of the brutal and senseless attack on three casino workers were clearly upset by the closing arguments of the lawyer for the two men accused of the murders of two of the women.



Two Important Bridges Closures This Weekend
The bridge over the river Agres that connects Multiplaz, Office Depot, Pricesmart, CIMA hospital and the Avenida Escazú will be closed all weekend to allow the construction of the expansion of Multiplaza, as workers put the finishing touches to be ready for a Christmas opening.

 


 
Gas Prices Coming Down Again
By mid November gasoline prices will drop again, the second decrease in a row, with the latest approval by the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep).



Fishman To Lead The PUSC Party In the 2010 Presidential Elections, If Anyone Cares
Just in case anywhere cares, Luis Fishman announced last night that he will lead the Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) into the 2010 presidential elections, this one day after Fishman himself said that the party was strongly considering, in a historic move, not fielding a candidate this time around and that if there were to be a leader, his name would not be one to appear on the nomination list.



Soca Warriors Aim To Spoil Costa Rica Party
Trinidad and Tobago will go for their second victory in this current World Cup qualifying campaign when they take on home side Costa Rica at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San José starting at 8 pm (local time) this evening.



Animals Find Refuge in Costa Rican Rainforest Haven
Puerto Jiménez - Paris Hilton learned the hard way: Kinkajous just don't make good pets. Paris's kink "Baby Luv" lost BFF status when it bit her on the arm. You'd think that lesson would be obvious, and yet ...
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
HONDURAS
Zelaya: Snipers Pointing Guns at Brazilian Embassy
TEGUCIGALPA – Deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya said Friday that snipers were pointing their guns at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, where the ousted head of state has been holed up
since slipping back into his country Sept. 21.



HONDURAS
OAS Urges Both Sides in Honduras to Reach Accord
TEGUCIGALPA – Talks between representatives of ousted Honduran President Mel Zelaya and the government led by Roberto Micheletti began on Wednesday under a warning from the Organization of American States that time is running out for a solution to the crisis sparked by the June 28 military coup.



HONDURAS
Honduran Soldiers Erect Platform To Intimidate Brazilian Embassy
TEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Friday that a platform had been erected outside the Brazilian embassy for close monitoring of the embassy, where he has sought refuge.

 


PANAMA
Japan Donates to Panama Martial Arts, Fencing Efforts
PANAMA - Japan will donate funds to build a martial arts and fencing center in Panama City's Irving Saladino Sports City, the Panama Sports Agency announced on Thursday



GUATEMALA
Attacks on Guatemalan Police Leave Two Wounded
GUATEMALA  – Two agents of Guatemala’s National Civil Police, or PNC, were seriously wounded in three armed attacks on the force’s facilities and vehicles, an official said.



EL SALVADOR
408 New Dengue Cases Reported in El Salvador Last Week
SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador registered 408 new dengue cases last week, a slight drop from the 431 cases for the previous week, El Salvador's Health Ministry confirmed Tuesday.
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
COLOMBIA
Colombia Indians Say Talks with Rebels Must Be Public
BOGOTA – Colombian Indians told FARC leftist guerrillas that any potential dialogue between the two sides must be held “in the view of the country and the international community” and called on the rebels to cease all criminal actions against indigenous communities.



BRAZIL
Half of Brazilians Over 25 Didn’t Finish Grade School
RIO DE JANEIRO – Just over 50 percent of Brazilians age 25 and older did not complete the eight years of basic education, compared with 65.3 percent in 1998, a survey by the IBGE statistics institute shows.

 

CHILE
Chile to Distribute Land Among Indian Communities
SANTIAGO – Between now and the end of her term next March, President Michelle Bachelet will distribute 33,000 hectares (81,500 acres) of land among Mapuche Indian communities in Chile’s conflictive southern region of Araucania, the press reported Friday.


VENEZUELA
Book Reveals the Drama of Venezuela’s Violent Prisons
CARACAS – Arms, drugs and murders behind bars are rife in Venezuelan journalist Patricia Clarembaux’s book “A Ese Infierno Ya No Vuelvo” (I’ll Never Return to This Hell), which reveals the drama in her country’s prisons, the most violent in the Americas.
 
SPECIAL REPORTS
 
Crisis in Honduras:
What was really behind the removal of President Manuel Zelaya, and is he likely to be reinstated?

A year ago, President Manuel Zelaya surprised Honduran notables who turned up for the country’s traditional independence day celebration when the sitting president shouted “Long Live Independence! Long Live the Republic!” It was supposed to be a moment of national unity.
 

 

 


 
   
   

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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