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Emergency vehicles and personnel
patrol the new San José -
Caldera highway, offering
motorists assistance. The road
is also being monitored by 40
cameras on a 24/7 basis to
dispatch help to stranded
motorists or in the case of an
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Costanera
Sur Is Almost Complete, Only 1.5
Km Remain Unfinished
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias, has been a busy man this
week, that with tow major road
openings, all to mark an end to
his second term.
Immigration To Place Sticker In
Passports Of Foreigners With
Special Status
Foreigners coming to Costa Rica
to study, work or participate in
academic activities (special
status) will have a sticker
placed in their passport
beginning February 1, informed
the Dirección de Migración y
Extranjería (immigration
service).
2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Political Campaign
Must Shut Down On Thursday, Three Days
Before The Elections
Come Thursday, the naked man, the least evil
of the candidates and the marionettes will
all disappear from the public's eye as the
2010 presidential elections campaigns come
to a close.
Another Small Town
Mayor Facing Criminal Trial
On Friday, the Juzgado Penal de Hacienda de
San José, ordered the mayor of Liberia,
Carlos Marín Muñoz, to
three months conditional bail while the Fiscalia continues its investigation of
criminal charges of dereliction of duty and
disobedience to authority.
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/ Central America
EL
SALVADOR
Germany Foresees
Improved Ties Witth Central America
SAN SALVADOR - Germany's ties with Central
American nations will improve with the
inauguration of a new president in Honduras,
a senior German diplomat said Friday.
HONDURAS
Honduran New
Government Declares War On Crime
TEGUCIGALPA - The new government of Honduran
President Porfirio Lobo Friday started a war
on crime by launching police operations in
major cities of the country.
HONDURAS
New Honduran
Government Seeks IMF Accord To Unlock Aid
TEGUCIGALPA -
The new Honduran government led by President
Porfirio Lobo was seeking an agreement with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a
bid to get loans and unlock aid from other
credit organizations.
HONDURAS
Honduras,
U.S. Normalize Diplomatic Ties
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras and the
United States normalized on
Friday their diplomatic ties
which were affected by the
political crisis caused by the
coup against then president
Manuel Zelaya in June last year. |
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/ Latin America
COLOMBIA
Colombia's
Central Bank Holds Rates Stable
BOGOTA - Colombia's Central Bank
kept the country's interest rate
unchanged at 3.5% in its
monetary policy meeting on
Friday. The record low rate was
not cut further, despite fears
that the dramatic decrease in
trade with Venezuela, formerly
the country's second biggest
trading partner, will damage the
economy.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Probes Use
of Students to Stir up Riots
CARACAS - The Venezuelan Public Ministry is
investigating the use of students as
spearheads to cause disturbances, a practice
encouraged by radical opposition sectors.
ARGENTINA
Argentine Central Bank
Chief Resigns
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine Central Bank
President Martin Redrado resigned on Friday
amid a dispute with President Cristina
Fernandez over the use of currency reserves
to pay the country's external debt.
BRAZIL
Death Toll In Sao
Paulo Storms Reaches 69
RIO DE JANEIRO - The death toll of heavy
storms which have wrecked Brazil's Sao Paulo
state since December had reached 69, local
authorities said on Friday.
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/ Special Reports
WORLD
SOCIAL FORUM: Another Kind of
Economics Is Possible
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (IPS)
- Democratising economics as
well as politics is essential
for ending irrationality and
discrimination as part of the
struggle for social and
environmental justice, said
participants at one of the
panels of the seminar assessing
the World Social Forum's (WSF)
first 10 years.
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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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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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