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Sunday | Inside Costa Rica

Federation Of Chambers of Commerce Asks For Venezuelan Ambassador To...

The Federacion Nacional de Camaras de Comercio y Asociaciones Empresariales de Costa Rica is asking that Venezuelan Ambassador to Costa Rica, Hugo Pineda be declared "persona non grata" and shut down the Base de la Paz which was inaugurated on September 29th.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, Central America, World News, Hugo Chavez

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Stabroek News

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It is somewhat ironic that even as we were calling last Friday for heads to be banged together in order to resolve the constitutional crisis in Honduras, an announcement was being made to the effect that a high-level US mission, led by Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, had succeeded, on the previous evening, in getting representatives of ...

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Travel, Honduras Travel, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Costa Rica, Opinion

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Business Wire

Latin American Business Council Commends Honduran Solution

The Latin American Business Council of Honduras issued a statement commending the efforts made in reaching an agreement to resolve the political crisis in Honduras.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Arias Commits To Feasibility Study To Build Railway With Panama

Costa Rican president Oscar Arias, said on Friday that during a meeting with his Panamanian counterpart, Ricardo Marinelli, to sign the Costa Rica - Panama trade agreement they two discussed the possibility of a railway between the two countries.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, Central America, World News

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Scoop

Clinton Sends Officials to Honduras to End Crisis

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is sending three U.S. officials to Honduras for talks with ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the interim head of the de facto Honduran government, Roberto Micheletti, to reflect the urgency in finding a resolution to the country's political crisis before elections scheduled for November.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Manuel Zelaya

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Families Of Victims Of Turrubares Accident To Hold President Arias And Former Minister Liable

The families of the victims of the tragecy of Thursday, October 22, when a bus loaded with 38 people plunged into the Tarcoles river killing five, are expected to file criminal charges of murder against Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias and former ministra de Obras Publicas y Transportes .

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, Central America, World News

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Voice of America

US Stepping up Role in Honduras Political Crisis

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya The Obama administration is sending a team of senior officials to Honduras Wednesday to try to expedite a settlement of the political crisis spawned by the ouster in June of elected President Manuel Zelaya.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Costa Rica, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Minister Tenders Resigns Taking "Political Responsibility For Thursday's Fatal Accident

The ministra de Obras Publicas y Transportes, Karla Gonzalez, Monday afternoon tendered her resignation in an act of "political responsibility" for the tragic accident of last Thursday when a bus plunged in the river Grande de Tarcoles, killing five and injuring dozens more.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Micheletti Government Says Talks to Resolve Honduras Standoff Collapsed

A representative of the government of Roberto Micheletti acknowledged the failure of talks aimed at resolving the Honduran political crisis, as deposed President Mel Zelaya's camp had said hours earlier.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Travel, Honduras Travel,

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

The First Bridge Is Down. Which Will Be The Next?

The common feeling in Costa Rica is that Thursday's tragic accident in Turrubares that killed five people when a loaded passenger bus plunged into the river below as it crossed an old and fatigued bridge is the first of many such accidents unless transportation officials do something.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America,

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Micheletti Negotiator Secretly Meets with Zelaya at Brazil Embassy in Honduras

Businessman Arturo Corrales, a member of Honduran President Roberto Micheletti's negotiating committee, held a surprise meeting with deposed leader Mel Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy to analyze the dialogue being pursued by the two camps to resolve this country's political crisis.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Inter Press Service

HONDURAS: Zelaya's Delegates Urge OAS to Unblock Talks

The talks in Honduras have stalled over the question of reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya, whose delegates have called on the Organisation of American States to take steps to keep the negotiations from failing.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Costa Rica

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Legislator in Hot Water For Private Use of Government Airplane

Mauren Ballestero, legislator and vice-president of the Asamblea Legislativa , could lose her legislative seat and face sanctions for her private use of a Fuerza Publica airplane last Sunday.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, Central America, World News

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Progress Reported in Honduras Talks

The delegations representing the de facto leader of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, and ousted President Mel Zelaya said at the end of their first three days of dialogue that they have managed to reach agreement on a majority of the issues on the table, including the goal of creating a national-unity government.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America,

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Moonbattery

Barack Obama: 'Oh, did I mention I won the Nobel prize?'

Toby Harnden at the Telegraph has been keeping up with His Arrogance: Consider the emails his White House is sending out.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Alvaro Uribe, South America, World News, Colombia

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Shots Fired at Catholic Seminary in Honduras

No one was hurt in a drive-by shooting at Honduras's largest Catholic seminary amid the ongoing standoff between deposed President Mel Zelaya and the de facto regime headed by Roberto Micheletti, police said.

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Related Topix: Honduras, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, World News, Central America,

Inside Costa Rica

Obama Calls Presidents of Costa Rica

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday called his counterparts in Costa Rica, Mexico and Colombia, vowing to strengthen cooperation with those countries on common challenges.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Buenos Aires Herald

Negotiators eager to reach final solution on Honduras crisis after days of little action

The decision regarding the reinstatement of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya could be postponed until later this week, when the time given by the mandate to conclude dialogue with the de facto government expires, according to one of the negotiators.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya

Stabroek News

Eyes on Honduras

By Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is editor of the weekly In the Diaspora Column Last week Tuesday , ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was interviewed on Canadian national radio, speaking through a translator and by phone from the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he has been holed up since he managed to slip back into the country.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya,

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Time

Costa Rica's President: It's Not Easy Staying Green

From the ubiquitous T-shirts sporting a red-eyed tree frog clinging to an Imperial beer bottle, to the best-selling postcards featuring the flamboyant poison-dart frog holding court in the rainforest, Costa Ricans today identify with frogs the way Russians relate to bears.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, Central America, World News

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