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The
tragedy of Thursday's plunge of
a bus from the bridge over the
Tárcoles river near Turrubares,
that killed five people and
injured dozens, was the single
event that ended the tenure of
Karla González as ministra de
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Porteadores To
Paralyze Country
Today
The Porteadores
(the informal
taxi drivers)
say they will
paralyze the
country today
with protests
and roadblocks
to pressure the
government into
stopping its
plans to
eliminate the "porteo"
or informal taxi
service from the
current
legislative
agenda.
Gasoline Prices To Drop Next Week, But Not
As Much Due To Increase in Tax
Next week the price of a litre of gasoline
will drop ¢11 colones and not the expected
¢14 colones, while the price of a litre of
diesel full jumps up ¢4 colones.
MOPT Finally Replaces Red Traffic Light That
Shone Yellow
It took a report and photo by the Spanish
language daily, La Nación, to move the
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
to fix a malfunctioning traffic light in
Curridabat.
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CENTRAL AMERICA |
HONDURAS
OAS
representative arrives in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - The Organization of American
States (OAS) mission chief, Victor Rico,
arrived here on Tuesday to seek a negotiated
solution to the ongoing political crisis in
Honduras.
HONDURAS
Honduras'
Acting Deputy Defense Minister's Father
Kidnapped
TEGUCIGALPA - Alfredo Jalil, 81, father of
Honduras' acting Deputy Defense Minister
Gabo Jalil, was kidnapped Tuesday in
Tegucigalpa near the government house,
police reported.
HONDURAS
U.S.
Sending Top Diplomats to Honduras
WASHINGTON – A team of senior U.S. officials
will travel to Honduras on Wednesday to
foster an agreement between ousted President
Mel Zelaya and the de facto regime headed by
Roberto Micheletti, the State Department
said on Tuesday.
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NICARAGUA
Opposition
Lawmakers Shut Down Nicaragua’s
Congress
MANAGUA – The opposition shut
down Nicaragua’s legislature
Tuesday to protest a court
ruling that clears the way for
President Daniel Ortega to seek
re-election in 2011.
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua Approves Expansion of Wind-Power
Project
MANAGUA – The Nicaraguan government granted
the Amayo energy consortium a license to
build, operate and maintain a wind farm in
the southern part of the country, the Energy
and Mines Ministry said Tuesday.
GUATEMALA
Union
Members, Peasants Block Roads to Gain
Response to Demands
GUATEMALA CITY – Hundreds of union members
and peasants grouped into the so-called
National Front for Struggle, or FNL, on
Tuesday blocked at least nine important
roadways in Guatemala to demand that the
government, among other things, provide
solutions to the problems of finding work
for landless peasants and Indians.
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VENEZUELA
Venezuela Announces Arrest of Alleged
Colombian Spies
CARACAS – Venezuelan authorities arrested
agents of Colombia’s DAS security service
who were caught “doing espionage work,”
Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Arias
Cardenas said on Tuesday.
COLOMBIA
Colombia Arrests Drug-Dealing Warlord
BOGOTA – Colombian police arrested in the
northern part of the country the new leader
of a right-wing militia heavily involved in
drug trafficking, authorities said.
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COLOMBIA
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Colombia
BOGOTA - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked the central and northeastern parts of Colombia, the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining said. There is no reports of casualties at the moment.
PERU
Peru
Denies Military Helicopter Accident Linked
To Drug Trafficking
LIMA - The Peruvian government on Tuesday
denied that a military helicopter, which
crashed the same day in the Andean region,
was connected to drug trafficking or a
terrorist attack.
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
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Knowing When To Leave
In Latin America
As Latin America's military
dictatorships fell one by one in the late
20th century, incipient democracies across
the region sought to stamp out caudillo
caudillo culture with
constitutions that limited their newly
elected leaders to one term in office.
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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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Surfs Up
If you like surfing you will truly love and I mean L.O.V.E. Mal Pais, Costa Rica. Perched on the southwestern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, this idyllic surf spot pulls wave seekers from across the globe. |
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Windows
7
Windows
7 is the
latest
version
of
Microsoft
Windows.
Unlike
its
predecessor,
which
introduced
a large
number
of new
features,
Windows
7 is
intended
to be a
more
focused,
incremental
upgrade
to the
Windows
line,
with the
goal of
being
fully
compatible
with
applications
and
hardware
with
which
Windows
Vista is
already
compatible.
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