AP – Soldiers stand guard on a corner near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa,TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Thousands of Hondurans demonstrated Wednesday for the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who vowed to fly home this weekend despite a warrant for his arrest. Thousands more rallied in favor of the military-backed government.

Newly appointed President Roberto Micheletti said it would take a foreign invasion to put Zelaya back in power, and said he was sending a delegation to Washington in an attempt to reverse the country's increasing international isolation, though his own foreign minister later denied that.  read more »

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Friends,

We would like to invite you to support the Scholarship Fund at Costa Verde International School (CVIS) here in Sayulita. The reception of the school has been incredible and we want to continue to offer positive schooling experiences to needy children in our town.  read more »

CUARTOSCURO/GERMAN ROMEROPublic infrastructure projects are one of the keys to combat poverty and recover from the global economic recession, said State of Mexico Governor Enrique Peña Nieto before the leaders of the Board of Latin American Businesspeople (CEAL).

Unfortunately, funding for those types of projects has been abandoned due to "political reasons," the governor said.

Lawmakers must also be efficient and prevent polarizing and alienating citizens, he asserted during the meeting with representatives from 18 countries at the Casino Español in Mexico City.  read more »

Photo/Will Estes Sayulita SonSayulita Fish Taco and Tequila Bar. Thursdays for some reason are becoming the start of weekend, Sayulita is laid back as it is with summer here, so we locals have more time on our hands to enjoy our friends and party a bit more than during the season. SFT & Tequila Bar, gets us in the mood by having there happy hour on Thursday from five to seven. This week we discussed broken limbs, traveling, hurricane Andres that missed us. The weather has been perfect since Andres pulled all the heat off the coast. I don't know of anyone who is not happy with long weekends. Mark we all salute you and thank you for what you do for your friends and for the community. Mark's recommended Tequila for the week is, Casa Noble Blanco  read more »

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ATLANTA – Health officials estimate that as many as 1 million Americans now have the new swine flu. Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voiced the estimate at a vaccine advisory meeting Thursday in Atlanta.

The estimate is based on mathematical modeling. Nearly 28,000 U.S. cases have been reported to the CDC, accounting for roughly half the world's cases. The U.S. count includes 3,065 hospitalizations and 127 deaths.

An estimated 15 million to 60 million Americans catch seasonal flu each year.  read more »

NOTIMEX PHOTO/CABACAXALAPA - Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán ordered State Health Secretary Manuel Lila de Arce to take preventative measures in municipalities in the bordering areas of Chiapas and Oaxaca to avoid dengue from spreading. Beltrán said that in Veracruz it is highly controlled. Public Health Director Luis Fernando Antiga Tinoco said that even though instances of dengue have been reduced by 40 percent during the first half of the year, but Arce said it shouldn't be ignored and urged residents to participate by cleaning their patios and yards.  read more »