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Turtles Are Casualties of Warming in Costa Rica
Playa Grande, this resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle National Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum.

Bundle Up, It's Cold This Weekend
The Caribbean and the Northedn Zone will be inundated with rain today and tomorrow, as the country experiences the first cold spell of the season. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) says four cold spells are expected between November and February.
 

 

Ticos Awaiting Charrúa Challenge: Big Game Tonight At 8pm



Costa Rica Sees Dubai As Gateway To Middle East
Costa Rica's banana producers association, Corbana, is eyeing Dubai as its future hub for exports to the Middle East.



Dollar Recover Another ¢6 Colones In One Day
The US dollar kept on recovering on Friday with the exchange rate climbing another ¢6 colones.



Moderate Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica Friday, without immediate report of victims and material damages.
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
HONDURAS
Grenade Explodes In Honduras Under Shadow Of Political Crisis
TEGUCIGALPA - While Honduras was still in the throes of a political crisis, a grenade exploded in its capital Tegucigalpa early Friday morning, without hurting anyone or causing material damages, police said Friday.



NICARAGUA
Nicaragua: Development Plan for 2010
MANAGUA -  Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, is to present a Citizen Action Plan that includes projects for next year, announced Rosario Murillo, Coordinator of the Council of Communication and Citizens of the government.

 

GUATEMALA
Guatemalan AG Says Former Top Cop Was Crime Boss
GUATEMALA CITY – The disgraced former head of Guatemala’s PNC national police led a criminal gang that was in the business of ripping off drug traffickers, Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez said.



EL SALVADOR
Death Toll From Hurricane Ida Reaches 184 in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR - The death toll in El Salvador from the rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida last weekend has reached 184, local authorities said Friday.
 
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
COLOMBIA
Ecopetrol to Take 100% Stake in Fields Now Operated by BP
BOGOTA – State-owned Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos announced on Friday that beginning in the second half of 2010 it will take a 100 percent stake in two fields in eastern Colombia currently operated by British energy giant BP.



PERU
Incas Practiced Ritual Decapitation of Enemies, Archaeologists Say
LIMA – Peruvian archaeologists have reached the conclusion that the Incas decapitated their enemies to use their heads as offerings after finding three skulls in a ceremonial vessel in the southeastern city of Cuzco.


 

VENEZUELA
Venezuela Marches Against US Military Bases in Colombia
CARACAS - Thousand Venezuelans will join a march against the US military bases in Colombia in respond to the call of Venezuela United Socialist Party (PSUV).



BRAZIL
Floods leave 2,900 Homeless in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - The number of people who are forced to leave their homes due to the heavy rain which has been falling over several towns in Rio de Janeiro state, in Brazil's southeastern region, in the past two days reached 2,900, local authorities said on Friday.
 
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U.S.-HONDURAS: Washington Stresses Urgency of Unity Government
In a renewed effort to save a U.S.-sponsored accord to resolve the five-month-old political crisis in Honduras, the U.S. State Department Friday called on both sides to create a government of national unity "without delay" and on the Honduran Congress to "swiftly" consider the restoration of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

 

 

 


 
   
   

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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Surfs Up
If you like surfing you will truly love and I mean L.O.V.E. Mal Pais, Costa Rica. Perched on the southwestern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, this idyllic surf spot pulls wave seekers from across the globe.
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So What Is 3G And Do You Really Need It?

By the end of the year, Costa Rica, by way of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) will join the rest of the world with the introduction of the 3rd generation, better known as 3G, cellular network. Although it will be new to Costa Rica, 3G has been around for a while, being commercially launched in May 2001 by NTT DoCoMo in Japan branded FOMA, on a pre-release of W-CDMA technology.

 

 
 

 

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