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The mangled remains of the bus with 38 passengers aboard that plunged into the Tárcoles river on Thursday killing five and injuring dozens. The wreckage was pulled out of the river early Friday morning. [Foto: Oldemar Siles]

The First Bridge Is Down. Which Will Be The Next?
The common feeling in Costa Rica is that Thursday's tragic accident in Turrubares that killed five people when a loaded passenger bus plunged into the river below as it crossed an old and fatigued bridge is the first of many such accidents unless transportation officials do something. And real fast.



Traffic Accident Deaths Continue To Lead Statistics, Report
Costa Rica is piling traffic accidents victims, the total number of of victims for 2008 was 354 according to the Atlas de Mortalidad (Atlas of Mortality) presented on Friday in San José, that categorizes all the deaths occurred in the country between 2000 and 2007.
 

 

Costa Rica Focusing On Eco-Tourism To Weather The Economic Storm
An interview with Costa Rica's ministro de Turismo (Tourism Minister), Carlos Ricardo Benavides, who says that tourism in Costa Rica,  like the rest of the world, has dropped a little bit and still focusing on the US market.



Costa Rica's Most Comprehensive Real Estate Guide Hits the Presses
For close to a decade, Costa Rica has been building a reputation as a reliable place to invest in property. In fact, in 2006 Costa Rica was one the hottest real estate markets in the world according to CNBC News.


Intel Is Good Neighbour in Costa Rica
Intel Corporation, with headquarters in California, has a large presence in Costa Rica, where it strives to prepare local students for the high-tech job market. The company, which makes integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide, is the largest company in Costa Rica.
 
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
HONDURAS
Honduran Talks “Exhausted,” Zelaya Says
TEGUCIGALPA – Deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya sees no point in continuing the dialogue launched two weeks ago with the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti, a spokesperson for the ousted head of state said Friday.



HONDURAS
Delegation of Carter Center Arrives In Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA  - The delegation of the Carter Center Friday arrived in the Honduran capital to promote a prompt settlement of the political crisis in the country.
 

NICARAGUA
About 70% Nicaraguans Reject Presidential Election: Poll
MANAGUA - About 70 percent of Nicaraguans do not agree with the successive presidential election, neither with the reelection of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega nor that he continues one more term, a poll said Friday.



GUATEMALA
3,000 Slain in Guatemala So Far This Year
GUATEMALA  -  Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first nine months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday.
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
COLOMBIA
From Coca Growers to Rural Tourism Promoters in Colombia
SAN RAFAEL, Colombia – After years spent growing coca leaf, the raw material of cocaine, a hundred families have become promoters of rural tourism along the Colombian Caribbean.



COLOMBIA
Colombia to Allow U.S. Troops to Use Six Bases
BOGOTA – U.S. troops will be allowed to use six Colombian military bases and other facilities necessary for joint operations, the Colombian magazine Cambio reported, citing the final text of an agreement reached between Washington and Bogota.

 

BOLIVIA
Bolivian Government Bars Mining on Peak of Cerro Rico
LA PAZ – The Bolivian government ordered a U.S.-owned mining company to cease operations on the summit of Cerro Rico, responding to protests by residents of the nearby city of Potosi that the activity was damaging the distinctive conical shape of “rich mountain,” which has been producing silver for 464 years.



BRAZIL
Rio Drug War Body Count Reaches 39
RIO DE JANEIRO – Six additional people were found dead on Friday, bringing to 39 the death toll from week-long clashes involving Brazilian police and the drug-dealing gangs who control many of Rio de Janeiro’s teeming slums.
 
 
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
The World's Most Violent Region

Although the UNDP's Report on Human Development in Central America 2009-2010 says the region has the highest rates of non-political crime in the world, there are nevertheless plenty of opportunities to improve public security, analysts and experts say.

 

 

 


 
   
   

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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