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Alert For Equine Encephalitis In Guanacaste
The Ministerio de Salud has sounded a warning to all persons having contact or are near horses, especially in the areas of Liberia and Cañas in Guanacaste.

Two More Deaths Of AH1N1 In Costa Rica Confirmed
While the ministerio de Salud waits on the first delivery of the AH1N1 vaccine, two more people have been confirmed to have died from the AH1N1 flu, bringing the total deaths in Costa Rica to 40.
 

 

Government Announces Aguinaldo Payment To Be On December 8
The government announced on Friday that it will pay the Aguinaldo - the Christmas bonus - on December 8 to all central government workers and pensioners.



Moderate Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica
An earthquake registering 5.2  on the Richter scale shook Costa Rica on Friday, without immediate report of material damages and casualties.



Costa Rica Looking To Recover Iguana Populations
(InfoWeb Press) The iguana is a reptile that is catalogued as an endangered species.



El Coyol Access Closed As Of Today
Residents and visitors to the El Coyol de Alajuela should take note that the stretch of road between Tropigas and the Riteve station into El Coyol is closed for repairs as of today.
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
 
PANAMA
University of Panama Closed After Disturbances
PANAMA – The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.



NICARAGUA
Nicaraguan Navy Seizes 2.5 Tons of Cocaine
MANAGUA – Nicaragua’s navy seized 2,400 kilos (5,286 lbs.) of cocaine in Caribbean waters and arrested five people linked to the consignment, a senior naval officer said on Friday.

HONDURAS
Micheletti to Step Down Briefly for Honduran Elections
TEGUCIGALPA – The leader of the Honduran de facto government installed by the June 28 coup, Roberto Micheletti, said he will step down for a week on either side of the Nov. 29 election to choose a successor to ousted President Mel Zelaya.



GUATEMALA
Gangs Demand “Christmas Bonus” from Guatemalan Bus Companies
GUATEMALA – The gangs that extort protection money from bus operators are demanding a “Christmas bonus” of $240,000, an association representing Guatemala’s transit companies said Friday.
 
LATIN AMERICA
 
VENEZUELA
Venezuelan Government Intervenes In Four Private Banks
CARACAS - Venezuelan Minister of Economy and Finances Ali Rodriguez said on Friday that the government had intervened in four private banks, which failed to fulfill the institutional norms of the country.



COLOMBIA
Uribe Censures Demolition of Border Bridges by Venezuela
BOGOTA – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe described as “very serious” Venezuela’s demolition of two pedestrian bridges on the countries’ shared border, but maintained a conciliatory tone towards Caracas in saying that his government “will make no warlike gestures.”


 

BRAZIL
Ford Announces $2.3 Billion Expansion of Brazil Operation
RIO DE JANEIRO – U.S. automaker Ford on Friday announced plans to invest 4 billion reais ($2.3 billion) through 2015 to expand two factories in Brazil.



ARGENTINA
Trade Between Venezuela and Argentina Up Tenfold
CARACAS – Starting from a paltry $140 million in 2004, trade between Venezuela and Argentina has grown more than tenfold in the past five years and is projected to total $1.7 billion in 2009, Venezuelan Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Friday.

 
 
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NICARAGUA: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem
Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last few years.
 

 

 


 
   
   

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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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