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Sounders FC Sign Costa Rica's Leonardo Gonzalez
Staff writerThe Seattle Sounders have agreed on a contract with Costa Rican defender Leonardo Gonzalez. The team said Thursday that Gonzalez's signing will be finalized upon receipt of his work permit and international clearance paperwork. The 28-year-old...Tags: Costa Rica, Los Angeles, Contracts
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Vietnam, Turkey, Hong Kong, Syria, Iceland
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A Salvadoran's heartfelt thanks, Marina Ritz warning
A Salvadoran's heartfelt thanks I am a native of El Salvador. My friends do not believe how beautiful the country is. I want to thank you for "Latin Revelation" [Oct. 7]. I could not have said it better and described El Pital as well as you did. --E....Tags: Crimes, Family, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Travel
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Planning your trip to El Salvador
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BEST WAY From LAX, nonstop service to San Salvador is offered on United, Taca and LACSA, and connecting service (change of planes) is offered on Continental and American. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $350. Car rentals from several major...Tags: Family, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles International Airport, Hotels and Accommodations
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This stove cooks -- but burns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a makeshift laboratory equipped with little more than a battered chair and a cheap kitchen scale, inventor Rene Nuņez Suarez displays the contraption that has become his life's obsession. It's a stainless-steel cooker that uses about 95% less fuel...Tags: Environmental Issues, International Energy, Gaming, Natural Resources, Energy Saving
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U.N. food aid costlier as need soars
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFor 15 years, he's been a "grocer" for Africa's destitute. But he's never seen anything like this. Pascal Joannes' job is to find grains, beans and oils to fill a food basket for Sudan's neediest people, from Darfur refugees to schoolchildren in the...Tags: Government, Weather Reports, Disasters and Accidents, Rome (Italy), China
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Guided guerrilla tours explore a unique side of El Salvador
Times Staff WriterPerquin, El Salvador — EFRAIN Perez moves with a slight shuffle as he escorts visitors through the Museum of the Salvadoran Revolution. His halting gait, the result of bomb shrapnel that nearly pierced his brain, has slowed the 38-year-old ex-...Tags: Government, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Resources, Travel, Armed Forces
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News, links and observations about Latin America
Maradona suffers another health scare The soccer legend was hospitalized in Buenos Aires today after experiencing abdominal pains, doctors said. This was just two days after he was released following a two-week clinic stay for alcohol-related ailments....Tags: Iraq, Polls, Drunk Driving, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Metal and Mineral
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Deportee torn between two countries
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHenry Fuentes closes his eyes and tries to sleep. But he can't. He is restless. He looks out the airplane window. This may be the last time he sees the United States. In less than three hours, he will land in El Salvador, a country he hasn't seen in eight...Tags: Migration, Extradition, Family, Boeing Co., Criminals
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Going global to fight gangs
The two fastest-growing and most powerful gangs in the world are homegrown products of Los Angeles. The Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, and the 18th Street gang, known in Central America as Mara 18, sprang up in Pico-Union and the densely populated...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Organized Crime, Nebraska, Law Enforcement, Rocky Delgadillo
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Smugglers bring havoc to Central America
Times Staff WriterMANAGUA, NICARAGUA -- Central America has become a crucial way station in the billiondollar cocaine business, with traffickers shipping hundreds of tons northward from Colombia along the isthmus and increasingly infiltrating police and government...Tags: Organized Crime, Armed Forces, Health and Safety at School, Gang Activity, Central America
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Elizabeth Espinosa
Elizabeth Espinosa is currently a reporter for the KTLA Morning News. Elizabeth was previously a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor at KTTV FOX 11, where she spent six years as one of the station's pinnacle reporters on both the Fox 11...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Pakistan, KTLA, Television
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