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Soldiers Deployed to Fight Guatemala Crime

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) –Thousands of soldiers and police took tothe streets of the capital city Monday aspart of President Oscar Berger’s increasinglydesperate measures to...

Honduras Considers State of Emergency for Drought

TEGUCIGALPA— The Hondurangovernment this week considered declaringa health emergency in 19 rural municipalitiesin the southern part of the countrythat have lost a substantial percentageof...

‘Ronald Reagan’ Arrested For Rape in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – AHonduran man named Ronald Reagan –no apparent relation to the former U.S.President – was arrested this week for arape and robbery...

Court Will Announce Journalist’s Fate Monday

REPRESENTATIVES of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights toldThe Tico Times yesterday they willannounce on Monday the verdict of thepress freedom case regarding La...

Electricity Prices Rise in Metropolitan Area

ELECTRICITY bills will soon be18% higher in homes around the metropolitanarea, the Public ServicesRegulatory Authority (ARESEP)announced this week.ARESEP approved the rate hike formore than...

Pilgrims Converge On Cartago

THE annual pilgrimage has begun.The faithful will come together fromaround the country this weekend in anannual journey to the old colonial capitalof Cartago. The...

10,000 Guanacaste Women to Test Vaccine

GUANACASTE – Last month the firstdozens of what will be 10,000 womenbared their shoulders for an experimentalvaccine against Human Papillomavirus(HPV). The virus is the...

Chilean Official Lauds Benefits of Free Trade

A small country like CostaRica cannot afford to be excludedfrom global commerce. It musthave a proactive trade policybased on seeking permanenttrade agreements with its...

2005 Budget Slashes Social Spending

NO new teachers will be hired, no newschools will be built, no new guards will behired to protect the country’s nationalparks, and investment in...

New Cell Phone Lines Face Delay

IT will be a while before more cellphone lines become available in CostaRica.The Comptroller General’s Office lastweek failed to approve the sale of600,000 new...

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