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Jose Miguel
Insulza (right) Secretary General of the
Organization of American States (OAS) speaks
with a reporter as Costa Rica's President
Oscar Arias looks on. Insulza and Arias
discussed the political situation in
Honduras and the emergency in Haiti. [Foto:
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Costa Rica To Approve
Cellular Competitors By April
The process of opening the cellular
telecommunications sector in Costa Rica has
been a slow one, with setbacks and
postponements, all the time giving the state
telecom, the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), time to regroup and
prepare to operate in a competitive market.
250.000
Vehicles Still Circulating
Without Marchamo
December 31, 2009, came and
went. That is the day that the
2010 Marchamo - vehicular
circulation permit - was due for
the 1.1 million vehicles were to
have paid up. However, some
250.000 still have not.
Arias Popularity At
All Time Low
Costa Rica's two time president and Nobel
Peace prize laureate, Oscar Arias, may end
his second term in a few months with lowed
level of confidence of his administration in
his last four years, according to the latest
poll by Unimer Research International.
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/ Central America
NICARAGUA
Slow But Steady
Increase of Gambling in Nicaragua
MANAGUA - Some countries are just flat out
big on gambling while others take more time
to warm to the idea and all the benefits
that it offers. Nicaragua is a nation that
saw about 30 years of gambling being
completely illegal in recent history.
GUATEMALA
Guatemala Angry Over
Seized Passports, Detentions In US
MIAMI - The Guatemalan government claims
U.S. immigration officials improperly seized
Guatemalan passports issued to its citizens
in the U.S. and detained three people who
went to a Florida FedEx store to pick them
up.
HONDURAS
Reverting Honduran Coup A Challenge For International Community: Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Tuesday that reverting the coup in Honduras is a challenge for the international community.
EL SALVADOR
Church In El Salvador Urges Spiritual Reconciliation Among Country's Citizens
SAN SALVADOR (CNA) - As El Salvador celebrates the 18th anniversary of peace agreements between the country's government and rebel groups, the Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, has emphasized that in addition to the reconstruction of the country, spiritual reconciliation must also be a priority for the nation's people. |
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/ Latin America
COLOMBIA
Pyramid Schemes in
Colombia
BOGOTA - In Colombia, everyone seems to know
someone who has been affected by the recent
collapse of bogus pyramid investment
schemes. An estimated 4 million Colombians,
from the political elite, members of the
armed forces, to small businessmen and the
poor invested in pyramid scams. Some have
lost their life savings.
VENEZUELA
Government
Officials Occupy Store Chain In
Venezuela
CARACAS - Venezuelan officials
temporarily took over management
of a French-owned chain of
hypermarkets on Tuesday after
President Hugo Chavez announced
plans to expropriate the stores.
ARGENTINA
Argentine President
Cancels China Trip
BUENOS AIRES - Skeptical of leaving the
country for 10 days, Argentine President
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner postponed her
Asian trip on Tuesday, calling it “too long
especially when the country’s Vice President
does not fulfill the role that has been
assigned to him.”
CHILE
Reforming
the State of Chile: Vision and
Process
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - In a new
report for the Center for
Opening and Development of Latin
America, an
AmericasQuarterly.org partner
organization, Jorge Marshall
Rivera argues that to confront
Chile’s lingering development
challenges, state institutions |
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ARTS:
Cuban Musicians Resuming U.S.
Performances
New York
City recently hosted its first
Cuban band in five years, after
the group Septeto Nacional
became the first to win a visa
that allowed it to accept a
booking there. The group
performed at the Hostos Center
for Arts and Culture in the
Bronx in early November. It was
the first Cuban band to play in
New York since 2004, when the
George W. Bush administration
began systematically denying
Cuban musicians cultural
exchange visas.
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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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Google Launches Nexus
One Phone
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Google has
announced the
Nexus One, a new
HTC phone that
showcases the
latest version
of the Android
mobile operating
system. Google
also announced
today a new |
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smartphone marketplace where consumers
can buy phones and service plans, and get
setup and support information. |
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