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AyA Warns Of Possible Water Shortage in Costa Rica
Showering for less than 3 minutes, not watering the garden, using pails instead of a hose to wash the family vehicle and purchasing a water holding tank, are some of the recommendations to avoid a water shortage beginning next month due to Costa Rica's worst drought in years.

Foundry Found With 4.000 AyA  Stolen Water Meters
For years the Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) - water and sewer utility - has been combating the disappearance of water meters, many stolen from their installed location in front of homes and commercial properties, while more missing from its warehouses.

Pharmacy Denounced For Selling At Prices Too Low
Are pharmacies in Costa Rica ripping off their customers? A recent study by the Ministerio de Economํa (MEIC) shows a difference of 472% in price comparisons of the same product in 72 pharmacies in the country.

Six Sentenced In NC For Role In Costa Rican Telemarketing Scheme
(AP) -- Six more people have been sentenced for their roles in a Costa Rica-based telemarketing scheme.

Domino's Pizza Making A Comeback In Costa Rica
The Domino's Pizza chain will be re-opening its doors in Costa Rica after a surprise total closure last February, with new owners and better service.

Sabana Sur Road Construction Continues Behind Schedule
The adminssion by the Ministerio de Obras P๚blicas y Transportes (MOPT) that the Universal-MAG road work is behind schedule is of no surprise to anyone, as we all are accustomed to the delays in road work.

Hondurans take advantage of the break in the curfew to stock up on groceries and supplies. One Honduras was quoted as saying they are stuck in a fight between the one that did many bad things (Zelaya) and the one who is doing bad things to them now (Micheletti). Two deaths have been recorded so far and with no end to the conflict in sight.  [Foto: David De la Paz]
 
 
 

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Hondurans Busy Stocking Up
Tegucigalpa - Thousands of Hondurans on Wednesday rushed to buy good and fuel, and draw money from banks after the de facto government announced a seven-hour respite of a curfew it imposed in the wake of the return of the country's ousted president Manuel Zelaya.

Honduras' Zelaya Gives Post-Coup Government Hours To Hand Over Power
Tegucigalpa -  Manuel Zelaya, ousted from Honduras' presidency in a June 28 military coup on Wednesday gave the post-coup government a deadline of "the next few hours" to hand over power.

Honduran Interim Government Imposes Indefinite Curfew
Tegucigalpa -  Honduran interim government imposed on Wednesday an indefinite curfew starting at 5 p.m. (2300GMT).

2 Die In Turmoil In Honduras
Tegucigalpa - Two people died during a turmoil arose in the country since Monday when ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras, Honduran police spokesman Orlin Cerrato said on Wednesday.

Coupists Want to Kill Me, Zelaya
Tegucigalpa - Honduran Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya slammed the existence of a plan by the de facto regime of assaulting the Brazilian embassy in this capital to capture and kill him.

Strikes Rock Salvadoran Capital
San Salvador - Laid-off workers from three Salvadoran municipalities staged protests in El Salvador's capital Wednesday against measures they considered unjust.
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil President Asks For Zelaya's Return to Honduran Presidency
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on Wednesday for the return of Honduras' deposed President Manuel Zelaya to his position.

Venezuela Asks for Zelaya"s Restitution
Caracas - Nicaraguan Ambassador to Venezuela Ramon Leets pronounced in favor of the restitution of the constitutional order in Honduras after the coup perpetrated in Honduras more than three months ago in that Central American nation.. "We are doing everything possible worldwide at a diplomatic level to restore the constitutional order in Honduras", Leets told Prensa Latina.

Colombian NGO Finds Corpses Of 10 Hostages Held By FARC
Bogota - A Colombian non-governmental organization has found corpses of 10 hostages held by anti-government militias and will return them to their families, it said Wednesday.

Bolivian Senator Demands USAID End
La Paz - The senator of the Governmental Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Ricardo Diaz demanded closure in Bolivia of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) accused of interference in the internal affairs.

 


HONDURAS:
People Flood Stores during Break in Curfew

Thousands of Hondurans flocked to businesses in the capital Wednesday to stock up on food and gas after the de facto government temporarily lifted the curfew in place since ousted President Manuel Zelaya surreptitiously returned to the country on Monday.

 
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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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