Sunday 29th January, 2012
Artists Try Entrepreneurship, Collectives to Create Opportunities in Costa Rica
SAN JOS, COSTA RICA - Fashion designer Manuel Veranes, 26, sits on top of his cutting table beside a pile of jumbled fabric. He shakes the water droplets off his clothes from the rain outside and ...
Priest gunned down in Guatemala
A Catholic priest in the southeastern Guatemalan province of Santa Rosa was fatally shot Friday after a road accident, authorities said. The Rev. David Donis died of a gunshot to the chest, fire ...
Mexican confesses to beating Calgarian Sheila Nabb at Mazatlan resort
Jose Ramon Quintero is accused of brutally beating Calgarian Sheila Nabb in a Mexico hotel elevator was in the midst of a drinking spree at the time of the assault, according to a local newspaper ...
Sheila Nabb’s Mexican attacker confesses to attack: reports
Times ColonistJose Ramon Quintero is accused of brutally beating Calgarian Sheila Nabb in a Mexico hotel elevator was in the midst of a drinking spree at the time of the assault, according to a local newspaper ...
Mexican man admits beating Canadian tourist while intoxicated
The Globe and MailJose Ramon Acosta Quintero, aka "El Ray", is presented to the press in Mazatlan, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. Acosta Quintero is accused by state authorities of being the man ...
BellVoz Customers Can Choose A New Central America International Long Distance Minute Plan to Call Loved Ones in Costa ...
General SourcesBellVoz announced new international long distance calling plans to Costa Rica. Bell2CA is designed for US customers who call Central America, saving them money compared to paying by the ...
Hacker Group Anonymous Targets Mexican Websites
IBTimes(Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill that seeks to toughen local laws about online file-sharing. The ...
U.S. Pursues Whirlpool Complaint on Korean, Mexican Washers
Business WeekJan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will investigate Whirlpool Corp.’s trade complaint that producers of large, residential washing machines made in South Korea and Mexico are selling the products ...
Guatemala Approves Decision to Prosecute Former Dictator
Prensa LatinaGuatemala, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The judicial decision to try former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide was welcomed by those demanding punishment for people accused of that crime in ...
Mexican Community Takes Taboo Stance On Guns
NPRPolice stand near the scene of a murder in Juarez, Mexico. The country suffers from drug cartel-related violence despite some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world, as weapons can be ...
U.S. downs Costa Rica to land Olympic bid
Sports IllustratedIt wasn't easy, but the U.S. is heading to London. After blowing away its opponents by a 31-0 margin in the group stage, the U.S. found itself in a dogfight in this winner-take-all game for an ...
Mexican man arrested as badly beaten Calgary tourist flies home
Vancouver SunHours after a Calgary woman found bloody and beaten in her swank resort hotel last week arrived back home for treatment, Mexican authorities announced Friday they had nabbed a Mazatlan man in the ...
Endangered baby puma gets feisty in Nicaragua
Vancouver SunA two-month old Puma Jaguarundi cub (Puma yagouaroundi) is displayed at AMARTE Foundation in Managua January 27, 2012. Pumas are considered to be an endangered ...
Mexican man has confessed to brutal assault on Canadian tourist, officials say
National PostThe five-star resort where the Sheila Nabb and her husband were staying is a popular tourist haven for sun-seekers, local travel agents ...
Guatemala: Ex Dictador to Face Genocide Charges
ABC NewsThe defense lawyer for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt said Friday that a judge violated due process when she issued unprecedented genocide charges against Rios Montt for conduct during ...
California Fugitive Returned to U.S. After Capture in Belize
FBIA fugitive wanted for a June 2010 homicide in the city of Palmdale was returned to the U.S. yesterday following her capture in Belize. Larene Eleanor Austin, 29, allegedly murdered Lanell Barsock in ...
UPDATE: Authorities make arrest in Sheila Nabb's beating: Mexican media
Edmonton JournalHours after a Calgary woman found bloody and beaten in her swank resort hotel last week arrived back home for treatment, Mexican authorities announced Friday they had nabbed a Mazatlan man in the ...
Ann Killion: Solo the only doubt ahead of qualifying game against Costa Rica
Sports IllustratedJeff Vinnick/Getty Images VANCOUVER -- When a team has beaten another team in all seven meetings by an aggregate score of 34-0, is there anything to be worried about? The U.S. women's soccer ...
Coast Guard seizes cocaine, suspects off Guatemala
Oakland TribuneALAMEDA -- The crew of an Alameda-based Coast Guard cutter seized about 140 pounds of cocaine and took three suspected smugglers into custody earlier this month in the Eastern Pacific Ocean about ...
PEN writers group condemns attacks on Mexican journalists
Sun-SentinelMEXICO CITY (AP) — Several Nobel prize laureates are joining the PEN International writers group in condemning attacks on journalists in Mexico. Mario Vargas Llosa and Toni Morrison are among ...
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