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Costa Rican Woman Dies Of AH1N1 In Nicaragua
Nicaraguan health officials have confirmed
that the death of a Costa Rican woman in
that country was infected with the AH1N1 flu
virus. Guillermo González, Nicaragua's
ministro de Salud made the confirmation
Monday morning.
Heredia - San José Commuter Train Stopped On
Its Tracks
Hundreds of passengers of the Heredia - San
José once again were once again left on foot
when the, this time, however, the problem
was not due to the train tracks or the
locomotives or the politics that has
afflicted the project for some time, it was
rather not due to a road block of the train
tracks by areas residents of Santa Rosa de
Santo Domingo de Heredia.
Costa Rican Doctors
Remove Gallbladder
Through Vagina
Four Costa Rican women
were the first in
Central America to
undergo a new procedure
to remove the
gallbladder through the
vagina. The procedure is
designed to cause less
pain and scarring than a
usual operation and
allow a quick recovery.
Medium Term Prospects
For Costa Rican Economy
Promising: IMF
The International
Monetary Fund in a
report on Monday said
the recent signs of a
turnaround in economic
activity in Costa Rica,
and a somewhat more
favorable perspectives
for external demand,
point to a gradual
recovery to the economy,
going forward. Moreover,
it said the medium-term
prospects remained
promising.
Results Of The AH1N1
Vaccine Testing In Costa
Rica To Be Ready In
Three Weeks
A week ago 784 Costa
Ricans aged from three
to sixty-four years of
age began AH1N1 vaccine
trials that is also
being done in the United
States and Mexico in the
search for a vaccine
against the AH1N1 flu
virus.
Mexico
Works With Costa Rica, Colombia On Carbon Storage
Mexico City - Mexico is
working with Latin American peers Colombia
and Costa Rica to fight greenhouse gases via
carbon storage, the nation's Environment
Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada said on
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Honduran Radio Station Broadcasts Again:
Director
Tegucigalpa - Honduran radio
station Radio Globo is broadcasting again
after attackers pulled the plug on it
Sunday, its director announced Monday.
Nicaraguan Official Rejects Honduran
Interim Government
Managua - The Honduran
interim government would not be recognized
by the international community, Jacinto
Suarez, Nicaraguan deputy to the Central
American Parliament (PARLACEN) said Monday.
OAS Tries to Restore Order in Honduras
Tegucigalpa - Almost two months after the military coup ,
a mission of the Organization of American
States arrived today in Honduras with the
hope of achieving the return of the
institutional order, but little
probabilities of reaching its objectives.
Panama Reports 8 Suspected A/H1N1 Flu Cases
Panama - The Panamanian health authorities reported on Monday eight suspected cases of A/H1N1 flu in the Atlantic city of Colon, 80 km to Panama City.
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Venezuela Alert on US-Colombia Accord
Caracas - Announcements about the real scope of a military agreement between the United States and Colombia that could go beyond establishing the seven announced bases is complicating even more the Colombian-Venezuelan relations'' prospects.
Eleven Guerrillas Captured in
Colombia
Bogota - Colombian police
have captured 11 guerrillas of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),
a senior police official said on Monday.
Bolivia Takes Measures For Ozone
Layer Protection
La Paz - Bolivia
suspended the consumption of
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), which is mainly
responsible for ozone depletion, to protect
the ozone layer, local press said on Monday.
Brazil, Ecuador Confirm Expanding Unasur Session
Brasilia - Brazilian
Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his
Ecuadorian counterpart Fander Falconi said
on Monday that the Union of South American
Nations (Unasur) Summit would be expanded.
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LATIN AMERICA:
Investigative
Journalists Show
Their Mettle
"One
way of ensuring the
future of journalism
is to improve
content quality, and
this means
investigating what
is deliberately
hidden, like
corruption," said
Gerardo Reyes, a
reporter for the
Miami newspaper El
Nuevo Herald, on a
visit to the
Peruvian capital.
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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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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