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Arias: Honduras Vote Must Be Backed If Fair
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, while visiting Israel,  promised to restore ties with Honduras after it elects a new president on Sunday, joining other nations in rejecting ousted President Manuel Zelaya's insistence that recognizing the vote would legitimize a June coup.

Arias A Key Player In Sunday's Possible Democratic End To The Honduras Conflict
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, who as placed in the middle of the Honduras conflict following the ousting of Manuel Zelaya on June 28 by his country's military and set on the ground in San José following the coup d'etát, must now watch the events unfold from the sidelines.

ICE Has No Set Date or Cost For 3G, But Taking Applications In Any Event

Although many, the exact number is not known, applied for a connection to the 3G cellular network, in traditional ICE fashion, there is no definite date when the state telecom will actually be rolling out the service.
 
 

 

Up  To 1.600 Drivers Licenses Issued Daily For End Of Year Rush
The year end rush for a driver's license is on. The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) reports an increase of 15% in requests, bringing the total number of applications to between 1.400 and 1.600 daily.

Porteadores To Block Traffic Monday Morning
The porteadores (informal taxi service) have announced that they will be blocking all major roads and access to San José on Monday.

Cold Front In Nicaragua Means Lower Temperatures in Central Valley and Guanacaste
A cold front sitting on the Nicaraguan coast is responsible for the cold in the Central Valley and Guanacaste, according to the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN).


Junk Yard Dogs Members Compete in Costa Rica
Don Sissons and Cory Smith found out first-hand that the terrain in Costa Rica isn't quite the same as it is at home in Portage la Prairie.

 
 
 
 
 

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  CENTRAL AMERICA
HONDURAS
Honduran Polls, another Tense Scale to the Crisis
TEGUCIGALPA - The questioned elections on November 29 is another tense scale of the already prolonged crisis unleashed in Honduras, faced with the rejection of vast social and political sectors that term them a farce.



Honduras Coup: Troops Deployed To Oversee Election
Thousands of soldiers have been deployed across Honduras to oversee a controversial election which will cement the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya.



Guatemala Mob Kills, Burns 3 Suspected Criminals
GUATEMALA  (AP) -  Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver.



Panamanian Forces: Operations Against Crime
PANAMA - The operation Green December operated by the Panamanian police to ensure security in this time of year reflects as the main result the weapons seizure and the detention of fugitives from justice.

  LATIN AMERICA

BRAZIL
Storms In Southern Brazil Cause us$22 Billion in Damage
RIO DE JANEIRO - The storms that have been lashing southern Brazil in the past few weeks have already caused 3.5 billion reais (2 billion U.S. dollars) in damage, local authorities said Friday.



Venezuela Shaken By 5.6 Quake
CARACAS - An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook western Venezuela early Friday morning. No damage or casualties were reported, confirmed the Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research (FUNVISIS).



Colombia Absence Hinders UNASUR Meeting Aims
QUITO - Absence of Colombian Foreign Affairs and Defense ministers in the meeting scheduled for Friday with their peers from the 11 other members of the Union of south American Nations (UNASUR) is hindering the possibility of easing the current regional tension.



Thousands Brazilians Ignore they are HIV Carriers
BRASILIA - From the nearly 630,000 Brazilians which are estimated suffering HIV/AIDS about 200,000 do not know that they have the disease, according to details from the Health Ministry spread by the World Day against the illness.
 
 
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Honduras's Democratic Solution:
Why the Obama Administration Is Right To Support Sunday's Election


A BREACH has opened among those countries that have sought to resolve the political crisis in the Central American nation of Honduras. One group is focused on restoring democracy to the country, through support for a national election scheduled for Sunday.

 

 


 
   
   

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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Holidays in Costa Rica Bring Savings and Warm Weather
With tight budgets on everyone's minds and the cold, winter months just around the corner, Costa Rica is the ideal place where families can warm up, relax, and interact with the world around them, all while giving back to local communities and the environment and still not breaking the bank.
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  TECHNOLOGY
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.
 
 
 

 

 
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