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Electricity Rate Reduction
Suspended
The Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Monday afternoon put a temporary halt on the
expected reduction in electrical rates that
was to have take effect today, September 1.
Independence Day
Celebrations No To Be Affected By AH1N1
The AH1N1 flu virus will not affect the
Independence Day celebrations like it did
the "romeria" at the beginning of last
month, according to the ministerio de Salud.
Alcatel GSM Network
Gone By Mid September
The cellular telephone network known as "Red
Alcatel" will completely disappear in the
coming weeks, as the work to move all the
400.000 lines on that network to the
Ericsson network will be moved.
500 Fake Tickets Found
So Far For Costa Rica - Mexico Game
So far a total 500 fake tickets to the Costa
Rica - Mexico soccer game have been detected
following a call by the Federación de Fútbol
for an exchange of tickets that began last
week.
Vets Travel to
Spay and Neuter Dogs
Colorado State
University students recently donated their
time and services to spay and neuter more
than 240 dogs and cats during a five-day
clinic that took place in San Isidro, Costa
Rica. Many of the animals received rabies
vaccinations, which were donated by the
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Located in Barrio Escalante, next door to the Museo Calderón Guardia, the new "Escuela de Baile El Barco" can accommodate more than 300 students of dance. During the inauguration ceremonies last Friday, Costa Rican president said "dance has no boundaries and is therefore a vehicle for peace among nations".
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Honduran Elections To Worsen Political
Crisis: Zelaya
Tegucigalpa - Ousted
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday
that the startup of the so-called
presidential campaigning in Honduras for the
November election will deepen the ongoing
political crisis in the country.Zelaya To Join Torch Relay To Mark Central
America's Independence
Managua - Ousted Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya will participate in
a torch relay to mark Central America's
independence, a Nicaraguan official said
Monday.
Abortion Promoters Assail Nicaragua For Protecting Unborn Children
Managua (CNA).- Ipas, one of the world’s largest abortion advocacy groups, has joined critics of Nicaragua’s decision to further restrict abortion. The group characterizes the decision as a violation of women’s human rights, but the country’s lawmakers say they are simply recognizing the right to life from “the moment of conception.”
Guatemala: Solidarity Meeting with
Cuba
Guatemala - The
situation of the fice Cuban antiterrorist
fighters known as The Cuban Five, now in
prison in the US, will be the central topic
of the first national meeting of solidarity
with Cuba in Guatemala, scheduled for the
next week in the Guatemalan capital. |
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Colombia Spying Scandal Grows
Bogota -The espionage scandal in Colombia''s
Security Administrative Department (DAS)
continues to grow after new revelations that
call the Colombian government credibility
into question.
Plot against Chavez Exposed in Venezuela
Caracas - Deputies of the Parliamentary Bloc
of Venezuelan Capital District unveiled some
media displaying top officials of the
Caracas Alcaldia Metropolitana (Greater
Caracas Council) plotting a conspiratorial
attack against President Hugo Chavez.
Bolivia to Host October ALBA Summit
La Paz -
Integration-related issues, including
cooperation in health and education, are
expected to center debates in the 7th Summit
of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of
Our Americas (ALBA), to be held in
Cochabamba, Bolivia, from October 16-17, an
official source confirmed.
Brazilian President Opens Official
Blog
Rio de Janeiro -
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva opened his own official blog on
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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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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