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2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Candidates Debate On
National Television
For two hours Costa Ricans got the chance to
see the top three candidates, Laura
Chinchilla, Otto Guevara and Ottón Solís,
vying for the presidential chair on February
7, in a televised debate hosted by
Cabletica's Channel 7.
AH1N1
Vaccination Begins Today In
Costa Rica
Today officially begins the
vaccination against the AH1N1
flu virus. The official ceremony
is to be held at the Caja clinic
in Coronado. Costa Rica last
week received the fist shipment
of the AH1N1 vaccine following
more than a week of delay.
Romanian
Continues Free, Again!
The
Romanian national who was found
wandering the streets of an
upscale neighbourhood and
leading police to a stash of 13
kilograms of cocaine, is having
a field day with Costa Rican
justice, as on two separate
occasions, a judge has let the
man free.
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Costa Rica Earthquakes
2010
Here are mapsof the several Costa Rica /
Panama earthquakes have struck in the past
week, all significant and the last the
largest with a 5.0 magnitude.
Praxair Starts up New
Plant in Costa Rica
Praxair, Inc. has started up its new
air separation plant in San José. In
addition to meeting increasing demand for
oxygen, nitrogen and argon from industrial
and medical customers in Costa Rica, the new
facility positions Praxair to supply
distributors in Panama as well as the
Caribbean market.
First
Technological Gathering Held in
Guanacaste
(InfoWeb Press) Numerous small
and medium sized companies or
PYMES as abbreviated in Spanish,
financial and government
functionaries, Information
Technology employees and
university researchers gathered
in Liberia during a Technology
get-together organized by the
Science and Technology Ministry
(MICIT) and the University of
Costa Rica (UCR).
Costa Rica Bandwidth
Sale Pulls Wide Interest
Latin America's mobile phone companies will
have a rare chance to move into virgin
territory as Costa Rica breaks a 40-year
state monopoly and invites bids for a
bandwidth auction.
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/ Central America
HONDURAS
Honduras Says Acting
Leader In Hospital For Tests
TEGUCIGALPA (Associated Press)- A Honduran
official says acting President Roberto
Micheletti is spending Sunday night in a
hospital for tests.
HONDURAS
Zelaya
Agrees to Leave Honduras This Week
TEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya has accepted a deal to go to
the Dominican Republic this week when his
four-year term ends and his predecessor is
sworn in, his top political adviser said.
GUATEMALA
US Seeks Extradition
of Guatemala Ex-President Portillo
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan police are searching
for the former president, Alfonso Portillo,
after the US requested his extradition to
face money-laundering charges.
BELIZE
Police
Capture U.S. Fugitive In Belize
Police in Belize have captured
yet another American fugitive
hiding on local shores. William
Russell Jewett, Jr., 33, wanted
for felony weapons possession
and fraud charges in the United
States, was found Friday morning
at about 10:49 at the Cucumber
Beach Marina at Old Belize,
located at Mile 5 on the Western
Highway, based on “information”
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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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Google Launches Nexus
One Phone
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Google has
announced the
Nexus One, a new
HTC phone that
showcases the
latest version
of the Android
mobile operating
system. Google
also announced
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smartphone marketplace where consumers
can buy phones and service plans, and get
setup and support information. |
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