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Thelma Rivas, 5, an indigenous Panamanian Guaymi, looks at her family measure freshly harvested coffee beans at a plantation in San Marcos de Tarrazu 90 kilometers south of San José. Costa Rica's coffee farmers are in a push to replace many of their aging high-quality coffee trees in a strategy that could lower output in the short term but pay off down the road. To match Costa Rica looks to future with new coffee plants. [Foto: /Juan Carlos Ulate] |
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Cameras To Monitor Crime Activity Across Costa
Rica
Smile, you are on camera. No, not Candid Camera
like the hidden camera television series created
and produced by Allen Funt and seen on American
television in the 1960's, but rather a network
of hundreds of cameras that will be installed by
the ministerio de Seguridad Pública across the
country, as a means to cutting crime.
American Experts
Confirm Paranormal Activity In Old
Sanatorium In Costa Rica
A group of American investigators say they
have captured on camera what they believe
the spirit of a girl that wanders the walls
of the former Durán sanatorium in Cartago.
MOPT Minister Ask Traffic Officials To Be
"Flexible" With Drivers Come Monday
Although the new Ley de Tránsito takes effect on
Monday, March 1, it is probable that Tránsito
(traffic) officials will go easy on minor
offenders for the first 60 days, following a
call by the Ministro de Obras Públicas y
Transportes, Marco Vargas, on the officers to
use prudence and educate drivers about the new
traffic law.
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/ Central America
NICARAGUA
Strong 5.9 Quake Hits Off Nicaragua Coast
MANAGUA - A strong 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Nicaragua's western coast on Wednesday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.
NICARAGUA
TV Programs Critical
Of Nicaragua's Ortega Return To Air
MANAGUA - Guaranteed the right to editorial
independence, journalist Carlos Fernando
Chamorro announced that his programs
"Tonight" (Esta Noche) and "This Week" (
Esta Semana) will return to TV on privately
owned Canal 12, La Prensa reports.
HONDURAS
Honduran Ministry
Appeals Against Amnesty Of Coup Commanders
TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran public ministry
on Tuesday appealed against the amnesty of
military commanders who orchestrated last
year's coup that ousted elected president
Manuel Zelaya.
GUATEMALA
Guatemalan Teachers Block Belize-Guatemala Bridge
GUATEMALA - The Belize National Teachers Union held a Council of Management meeting today – but at news time – we were unable to find out from the union what is the decision going forward.
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/ Latin America
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
UNITY
Latin America Launches
New Bloc Excluding U.S., Canada
CANCUN, Mexico - Latin American and
Caribbean countries this week agreed to
launch a new regional group excluding the
United States and Canada.
BRAZIL
Brazil's Reaffirms
Support to Argentina Over Disputed Islands
PLAYA DEL
CARMEN, Mexico - Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that
the discussion over the sovereignty claim of
the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands should be
reopened.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Confirms 47
Dead from Caracazo
CARACAS - At least 47 out of 125 cases of
exhumed remains in the sector La Peste of
Southern General Cemetery belong to victims
of the repression of the Caracazo,
Venezuelan authorities confirmed today.
BRAZIL
Unemployment Decreases in Brazil
BRASILIA - Unemployment in
Brazil was placed at 12.6
percent in January, the lowest
rate since 1998 when the
statistical series began to be
compiled, according to a study
of Seade Foundation and the
Inter Trade Union Department of
Statistics and Socio-Economic
Studies (DIEESE) published on
Wednesday.
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/ Special Reports
LATIN
AMERICA: Mexico Dusts Off
Leadership Role
Below the
surface, discussions about the
international aid effort for
Haiti hide undercover jockeying
for position between Latin
American countries wishing to
consolidate or attain dominance
in the Caribbean region. |
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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