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Alert For Tropical Storm IDA
The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) has issued a "amarillo" (yellow) warning for the Pacific coast, northern zone, Carribbean and Guanacaste as Tropical Storm Ida nears hurricane strength as it approached the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua that may take the system in to the Gulf of Mexico within three days.

New MOPT Minister Orders Closure Of Two Bridges
In less than 48 hours in office, the new ministro de Obras Pública y Transportes (MOPT), Marco Vargas, has ordered the closing of the first two, of what could be a series of bridges, the suspension bridges in Grano de Oro de Turrialba and San Jerónimo de Esparza.



Former President Rodríguez Trial To Start In February
February 15, 2010, is the date set for the start of  former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998-2002) trial in the ICE-Alcatel case. The date was confirmed by the trial judges, Rosaura García Aguilar, Ileana Méndez Sandí and Jorge Camacho Morales assigned to the case.

 

Costa Rica To Suspend New Gun Permits To Foreigners
By executive order the government of Costa Rica has decided on a ban on new weapons permits to all foreigners and an exhaustive review of all existing permits held by foreigners and revoke any permits if such permits cannot be justified, said yesterday the ministro de la Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias Sánchez.



Gas Prices Come Down At Midnight Tonight
Don't fill your gasoline thank today if you can, as the price of gasoline drops at the 12:01am Friday as the latest price drop approval by the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) was published today in La Gaceta and takes effect the day following.



Costa Rica To Receive Only 900.000 Doses Of The AH1N1 Vaccine, 1 Million Short
Although the country needs 1.8 million doses of the AH1N1 vaccine, the ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, said Costa Rica will be receiving only 900.000 doses.

 
 
 
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PANAMA
Flooding Affects 4 Provinces In Panama
PANAMA - A Panamanian official said Wednesday that the flooding over the past days struck four provinces of the country.



NICARAGUA
Nicaragua Seeks Food Self-Sufficiency
MANAGUA - Nicaragua is boosting, with Venezuelan support, food self-sufficiency and other development projects within the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), hence the visit by a government delegation led by Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas.
 

HONDURAS
Honduran Women Facing Attacks Since Coup
TEGUCIGALPA - Over 400 violations of human rights against women have been registered in Honduras since the June 28 coup d''etat, according to reports by women's organizations.



HONDURAS
Zelaya Decries US Stance on Honduras Coup
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' constitutional President Manuel Zelaya warned that the United States intend to recognize the Honduran elections, without reversing the coup or solving the severe crisis his country is facing.
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COLOMBIA
Ecuador, Colombia Progress on Restoring Ties
COTACACHI, Ecuador – The governments of Ecuador and Colombia will designate by Nov. 15 charges d’affaires in their respective capitals and will reactivate a binational border commission to handle security matters.


VENEZUELA
Caracas Suffers Worst Drought Since 1947
CARACAS – The Venezuelan capital is suffering its worst drought since 1947 as is much of the country, forcing the authorities to introduce water rationing.


 

BRAZIL
Petrobras Signs $10 Billion Loan Deal with China
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said Wednesday it has signed a contract finalizing an historic 10-year, $10 billion loan from China Development Bank Corp, the biggest-ever financing deal between a Chinese entity and a Brazilian company or institution.



ARGENTINA
Argentina Will Increase Purchase of Gas
LA PAZ - Argentina will increase the purchase from 6 to 14 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to Bolivia, informed today Oscar Coca, minister of Hydrocarbons.
 
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COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Border Killings Heat Up Tension
The activities of Colombian armed groups across the border in western Venezuela are aggravating the diplomatic conflict between the two governments, which are ideological opposites, and some analysts have begun to wonder just how far the tension will escalate.
 

 

 


 
   
   

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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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