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Mexican drug gangs are increasingly using Costa Rica as a pick-up point for South American cocaine headed north and the problem is likely to get worse, President Oscar Arias said on Monday.

BNamericas reports that Costa Rica's state-owned telecoms monopoly ICE has signed an agreement with the environment, energy and telecommunications ministry Minaet which paves the way for a much anticipated mobile spectrum auction.

The newly released poll of 20,200 people in 18 Latin American countries conducted by Latinobarmetro, a Chilean-based firm, shows that when asked to evaluate foreign leaders on a scale from zero to 10 -- with zero being ``very bad'' and 10 being ``very good'' -- Latin Americans gave Chvez the worst rating among a list of 17 regional and world ...

Honduran president-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa said on Monday that he will travel to Costa Rica and Dominican Republic to help "normalize" ties with countries in Central America.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm delighted to welcome Minister Poroshenko here for in-depth conversations.

But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had warm praise for conduct of Honduran presidential election late last month David Gollust Washington Photo: AFP The Obama administration Wednesday applauded conciliatory steps promised by Honduran president-elect Portofirio Lobo.

Porfirio Lobo set out on an international tour Tuesday in an effort to gain recognition from the international community of his recent triumph in the presidential elections organised by the de facto government in Honduras that seized power five months ago.

Members of Costa Rica's four police forces will be getting a raise in their salaries in the coming year following an agreement signed by Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias and leaders of the various unions representing the country's police forces.

We have friends here in Roatan, Honduras who were volunteer observers of the recent presidential elections and I am posting their account in its entirety.

Honduran activists have ended five months of daily protests demanding the reinstatement of their president since he was ousted in a coup, say they're moving on now that Congress has voted to keep Manuel Zelaya out of office.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN, JPost.com It was entirely appropriate that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez call on President Shimon Peres on Sunday, the date being November 29, the 62nd anniversary of the fateful UN Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine.

Philippine police said Wednesday they have arrested a government militiaman for allegedly participating in last week's gruesome massacre of 57 people - a breakthrough that could help pin down a powerful clan suspected in the carnage.

Eight days after the Philippines' worst political massacre, prosecutors on Tuesday charged the heir of a powerful clan who they say directed the slaughter of 57 people, more than half of them journalists.

Philippine prosecutors charged the heir of a powerful clan with murder Tuesday in the massacre of 57 people, more than half of them journalists or their staff who were accompanying the family and supporters of an election candidate.

Honduran soldiers and police stood guard at polling stations as voters choose a new president following Manuel Zelayaa s overthrow five months ago.

Honduras will hold general elections on Sunday, which many hope will allow the Central American nation to move past a six-month political crisis.

The recipe for peace between Israel and the Palestinians includes negotiations, honesty, immediate talks on the core issues, and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state a ' this is the vision presented by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias in a special interview with Ynet.

President Barack Obama's backing of an election in Honduras widely seen by Latin American allies as illegitimate leaves the U.S. isolated regionally and has increased tensions with Brazil.

The frontrunner in Costa Rica's 2010 presidential elections, Laura Chinchilla, promises to combat drug trafficking and reduce violence and crime, if she is elected to replace Oscar Arias.

The city of Limon on Saturday inaugurated the the Villa del Transat, the dock 70 is where it will receive the Transat Jacque Vabre 2009 yachting race.