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Costa Rica To
Play Key Role In Resolving Crisis in
Honduras
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, has been
called upon to be mediator between ousted
Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya and the de
facto president, Robert Micheletti, at the
request of US Secretary of State, Hilary
Clinton.
Zelaya And
Micheletti To Meet Face-To-Face in Costa
Rica
Ousted president of Honduras, Manuel
Zelaya, and the de-facto president,
Roberto Micheletti, will for the first
time since June 28, meet face-to-face in
Costa Rica in a US sponsored mediation
attempt.
Colon Climbs ’8 Colones In A Single Day
Following weeks of hovering without any
significant move up or down, the dollar
moved up to ’8 colones in yesterday's
trading, according to the latest posting of
the Colon/Dollar exchange rate by the Banco
Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) - Central Bank.
Costa Rica
Study: No Benefit Seen From Lowering Blood
Pressure Below Standard
A study from the University of Costa Rica
suggests there may be no clinical benefit to
aim to lower blood pressure below standard
targets.
Coffee-Inspired Spa Opens In Costa Rica
A new spa called Kuφ has opened in Costa
Rica as part of the Costa Rica Marriott
property. Spa treatments use Kerstin Florian
and include a signature Costa Rica Coffee
Scrub.
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Caudillismo in
Action:
Looking Back on
Honduras Plight
The unfortunate
events that have
besieged the
relatively few and
brittle democratic
institutions of
Honduras in the last
few weeks cannot be
neatly
compartmentalized
into right or wrong,
as certain insider
and outsider actors
would like to do.
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Settle
For a Slowdown
There are times when all you
want from your vacation is
to move slower than a
narcoleptic construction
worker. If embracing the
Kenny Chesney motto, "no
shoes, no shirt, no problem"
sounds awfully good, look no
farther than Samara Beach,
Costa Rica, a perfect beach
town where the clocks dont
work.
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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
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