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Costa Rica Out Of World Cup Play; Coach Blames Bench Scuffle For Loss Of Momentum
Although Costa Rica fought back to tie 1-1 against Uruguay in World Cup qualifying play, it wasn't enough to continue on to South Africa in 2010.


Gasoline, Taxi & Buses Prices Go Up In December; Electricity and Water in January
 December will be a month of increases in the gasoline, taxi and buses. According to Carolina Mora of the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) the increases will be significant.
 

 
China May Spend $700 Million on Costa Rica Refinery
China may spend $700 million to help fund expansion of Costa Rica’s Refinadora Costarricense de Petroleo SA oil refinery as it boosts energy ties in the region.

Costa Rica Cut Off From World For Two Hours
A break in the Arcos underwater cable left most of Costa Rica without an internet connection for almost two hours.



Nicaraguan Prisoners Repatriated
Seven Nicaraguans serving time in prison in Costa Rica were sent home to their native land yesterday, to serve out their prison term in Nicaragua.
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
PANAMA
 Panama, Spain Sign Agreement To Reduce Poverty
PANAMA  - Panama and Spain signed the "Program of the Enterprise Opportunities for Poor Families" on Wednesday to reduce the poverty rates in Panama's rural zones.

PANAMA
 Panama May Build Bridge Or Tunnel Across Canal
PANAMA  - The Panamanian government is planning to build a bridge or a tunnel across the Panama Canal near the Atlantic coast, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Wednesday.

 

HONDURAS
 U.S. Affirms Support To Elections In Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - The U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, Craig Kelly, said on Wednesday that his government will support the elections of Nov. 29 in Honduras.

HONDURAS
 Honduras Elections without Restoring Democracy
TEGUCIGALPA - The November 29 elections in Honduras will be carried out without restoring democracy and under the military coup's conditions, the de facto regime's last decisions state.
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
VENEZUELA
 Venezuelan Exports to U.S. Fall 60%
CARACAS -- Venezuelan sales to the United States reached $8.24 billion in the third quarter, a drop of 50.9 percent from the same period in 2008, the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Industry and Commerce said Tuesday.

VENEZUELA
 Venezuela Rejects U.S. Mediation In Dispute With Colombia
CARACAS - The Venezuelan government rejected on Wednesday a U.S. proposal to mediate in a dispute between Venezuela and Colombia over Colombia's military cooperation agreement with the United States..

BRAZIL
 Brazil's Petrobras Is Second Most Profitable Company in America
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras, the largest company in the country, ranked second in a list of the 25 most profitable companies in the American continent, the consulting company Economatica said Wednesday.

BRAZIL
 Poverty Level of Brazilian Children Remains High
 RIO DE JANEIRO - Despite the decrease in Brazil's social inequality indicators in the past few years, recent studies have shown that the poverty level of the country's children and adolescents remains high
 
 
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Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past
Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.

 
 


 
   
   

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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 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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