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Clostridium Difficile Bacteria Also Found At Calderón Guardia Hospital
The bacteria Clostridium Difficile which has been a problem at the San Juan de Dios hospital is now also a problem at the Calderón Guardia, with four cases of infection. The four are being kept in the hospital's isolation unit, in addition to the ten that are still hospitalized at the San Juan de Dios.

Effects Of Removal Of Vehicular Restrictions of San Jose To Be Felt Beginning Today
Although the Policia de Transito stopped ticketing drivers for violating the vehicular restrictions of San Jose on Friday, the real effect will be felt today, as no vehicles are restricted any longer from circulating the downtown core of San Jose.

IMAS Drop in Airport Duty Free Sales To Affect Support of Social Programs
The Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (IMAS) says it has begun to feel the effects of the economic crisis and of the AH1N1 flu virus, as sales at its duty free stores at the San Jose and Liberia airports dropping.

Homosexual Wants To Be First Declared Gay Legislator
The head of the Movimiento Diversidad, Abelardo Araya, wants to be a legislator. Araya is gay and says he wants to be the first gay, at least first declared gay, elected to the legislature to fight for the rights of homosexuals.

Call Centres Looking To Hire 600
Five call centres in Costa Rica are looking to fill 600 job openings. The main requirements is to have a good command of English and be ready to start work immediately.

Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz looks over the prototype for the VASIMR (propulsion plasma engine) that he sketched three decades ago. The project is undergoing final testing at the Ad Astra Rocket laboratories in Texas and Guanacaste, with the main goal of launching the plasma engine to space.

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Venezuela to Help Nicaragua After U.S. Rebuff
(CNN) -- Venezuela has promised to give Nicaragua $50 million to replace money that the United States said this week it would withhold from the Central American country, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra said Saturday.

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Optimistic On Ties With Panama
Panama - Republic of China Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco H.L. Ou expressed optimism Sunday about the future of ties between his country and Panama -- one of Taiwan's diplomatic allies in Central America.

Guatemala Raising Concern over Flu
Guatemala - Guatemalans are increasingly concerned over the spreading of the A(H1N1) flu virus, which has already infected 119 people in the Central American country.

Guatemala Urges 2 AH1N1 Flu-Hit Towns To Shut Down
Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala's government is asking two towns to close down nearly all public venues to prevent the spread of swine flu.

Colombian Private Equity Funds Hunt Profits In Public Works
Bogota (Dow Jones)--A number of top Colombian technocrats have set up private equity funds that aim to reap profits from infrastructure works being pushed by the government to ease the economic crisis.

Venezuela Progressing Towards Food Independence
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the government has set targets for exporting food to neighbor countries and is progressing towards food independence.

Che Guevara's 81st birthday Marked in Bolivia
La Higuera, Bolivia - Bolivians and Cubans on Sunday paid tribute to guerrilla commander Ernesto Che Guevara on his 81st birthday at the same place where he was murdered in October, 1967.

Andean Parliament Elections Close In Ecuador
Quito - The Andean Parliament elections in Ecuador closed on Sunday after voters cast ballot to elect five parliament members and 3,985 members of the district boards.

COLOMBIA:
All the President’s Spies
Colombian journalist Hollman Morris phoned an international news agency and said in an agitated voice: "I am being followed by the police." As he left his apartment on the north side of Bogotá, he saw a police car on the other side of the street; when he reached his parents’ apartment a few minutes later, to drop off his kids, another car was parked near the building.

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Volcanoes, parrots and monkeys — Linden students visit Costa Rica
Looking down into the smoking crater of an active volcano, zip lining through the trees and protecting their belongings from pick-pocketing monkeys. Those were just some of the highlights of a recent trip to Costa Rica taken by students and faculty at Linden High School (LHS).

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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of planning, start and stop and then start again, last week the expansion of the autopista Fernando Prospero and the highway to Caldera, was officially inaugurated, although there still remains entire sections of first phase of the highway to be completed.

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