http://www.ticotimes.net TicoTimes RSS Service info@ticotimes.net (WebMaster) Copyright 2009 TicoTimes.net | All rights reserved. http://www.ticotimes.net/rss/img_logoRSS.gif http://www.ticotimes.net 144 24 12BEBF74-508B-0E75-35FB1A26ECE3DAD3 http://www.ticotimes.net/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti will step down for a week to allow time for public reflection during the presidential electoral process, Micheletti said Thursday. 12BEBF84-508B-0E75-354F5FA78D6216CA http://www.ticotimes.net/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Though the economy contracted 0.1 percent, the minuscule decrease in activity is a significant improvement from the past year's monthly average decrease of 3.6 percent. 12BEBF94-508B-0E75-35366B93D80F93AA http://www.ticotimes.net/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Thirty-one runners from as far away as Canada, France and Australia arrived in Costa Rica this week to participate in the second running of the cross-country Transtica. 12BEBFA3-508B-0E75-358B2AEB53C89F9A http://www.ticotimes.net/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 MANAGUA Amid calls for peace and concerns of violence, as many as 100,000 Nicaraguans from pro and anti-government political factions are expected to march on Managua Saturday, while National Police will shutdown much of the capital to try to keep the two groups separate and maintain some semblance of order. 12BEBFB3-508B-0E75-35802EF6FF7CA166 http://www.ticotimes.net/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 In the mountainous cowboy towns of Jinotega and Matagalpa, removed from the public eye, a growing group of former contras has been holding clandestine meetings to reactivate their old resistance movement against what they call the second dictatorship of Daniel Ortega.