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U.S. Humanitarian Mission Personnel Participate in Festival of Black Culture
Limon-August 31, 2010
It was a day of celebration for U.S. personnel participating in the Continuing Promise 2010 (CP2010) mission who successfully completed ten days of humanitarian work and had the opportunity to participate in Limon’s Festival of Black Culture. August 31st marks Dia del Negro (Black Day) where Limoneses celebrate their African roots with music, dance, traditional food, colorful costume and a parade that had every street throughout the Limon center of town packed with onlookers. More
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| Foreign Minister Rene Castro and U.S. Ambassador Anne Andrew visit with patients receiving medical attention in Limon |
U.S. Ambassador and Costa Rican Government Delegation See Benefits of Continuing Promise Humanitarian Mission
San Jose-August 27, 2010
U.S. Ambassador Anne Andrew traveled to the Limon province with a Costa Rican delegation headed by Foreign Minister Rene Castro to learn first-hand about the humanitarian work being carried out as part of Continuing Promise 2010. Commodore Tom Negus welcomed the delegation aboard the USS Iwo Jima where they got a tour of the facilities and were briefed on the numerous projects U.S. personnel, Costa Rican officials, NGOs and volunteers are engaging in within the local community. More
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| Major Andrew MacClean distributes toys to children at the CEN CINAE PARAISO center in Bri Bri |
Local Nutritional Center Benefits from Humanitarian Assistance Project
Bri Bri-August 30, 2010
Sophia Pinel Ramirez, Director of the Talamanca regional office of CEN CINAE, a country-wide organization that focuses on nutritional health care for children and expecting mothers, expressed her gratitude for the recent humanitarian assistance provided by the U.S. Taking advantage of the expertise of US Navy Sea Bees aboard the USS Iwo Jima who are in Costa Rica as part of the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian mission, officials from the Office of Defense Representative at US Embassy San Jose were able to get a team of engineers to do reconstruction work at the local CEN CINAE office in Bri Bri. The Navy Sea Bees worked with local staff from the Ministry of Health for seven days to improve the office space. More information
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Let's Play Ball!
Limon- August 28, 2010
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U.S. personnel aboard the USS Iwo Jima were able to take a break from the humanitarian work they are carrying out in the country as part of Continuing Promise 2010 to play some ball with the local community. More information
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Call for Grant Proposals
San Jose-August 27, 2010
The U.S. Department of State’s Regional Environmental Hub for Central America and the Caribbean (“Hub”), based at the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, is pleased to invite applications from prospective grantees for the following two grants:
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Continuing Promise 2010 Kickstarts in the Limon province
Limon-August 21, 2010
Free medical and dental care, veterinarian attention, the refurbishing of
schools along with cultural and sports activities are all part of the
humanitarian assistance that Continuing Promise 2010 will be providing as of
today in the Limon province.
The official opening ceremony of this humanitarian mission was led by
U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew; USS IWO JIMA ship Commodore Tom Negus - the
ship that brought the Continuing Promise to Costa Rica -; Vice-minister
Mauricio Boraschi; the Mayor of Limon Eduardo Barboza; Costa Rican Social
Security representative Dr. Robert Sawyer; and JAPDEVA Executive President
Allan Hidalgo. More
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Continuing Promise 2010
Limon-August 19, 2010
Continuing Promise (CP) 2010 is a humanitarian mission that will bring health care and other relief services to the residents of Limon City and Limon Province from August 20-30 2010. CP 2010 is a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment by the multi-purpose amphibious squadron ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) that is providing assistance in eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. CP 2010 is a joint effort that reflects the commitment to pursue innovative interagency, multinational, NGO and public-private engagement opportunities focused on delivering quality medical and engineering assistance to regional communities with humanitarian needs. More
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Ambassador Andrew meets with women entrepreneurs in Guacimo, Limon.
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“Talent and Growth Opportunities Are Evident in Limon”
Limón, August 10-11, 2010
U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew visited the province of Limon in order to gain a better understanding of its economic and social reality, as well as the existing opportunities to work together on common goals.
The Costa Rica Grameen Association was the first place Ambassador Andrew visited. There Ambassador Andrew met with women entrepreneurs in the poultry and farm industry, handicrafts and the restaurant business. More
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Country Leadership Critical in Global Health Effort, Clinton Says
Initiative will increase funding, efficiency to save lives around globe
Washington — In a realignment of global health funding intended to strengthen country engagement and national health systems rather than to fight illness disease by disease, the United States is working around the world to implement the Obama administration’s new Global Health Initiative
(GHI).
17 August 2010
The U.S. military, which provided rapid support for
assistance in the Haitian earthquake’s immediate aftermath, is now supporting
the reconstruction process through medical and engineering projects in a
military exercise called “New Horizons.” ...
17 August 2010
Through his work with the El Paso Symphony Youth
Orchestras and the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico, American conductor and
orchestra director Benjamin Loeb encourages young musicians and audiences to
reach across geographic and social borders and embrace the universal language of
music. ...
13 August 2010
A new law to strengthen security along the U.S.
border with Mexico focuses on efforts against organized crime and gangs that
seek to smuggle people, drugs, weapons and currency across the shared boundary,
and boosts cooperation with Mexican security officials, the Obama administration
says. ...
13 August 2010
In a White House statement and fact sheet, President
Obama announces the passage of the Southwest Border Security Bill on August 12.
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12 August 2010
In a press release by the Department of Justice,
Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler announces the passage by Congress
of the Border Security Appropriations Bill that provides $196 million for the
Justice Department to surge federal law enforcement efforts in the Southwest
Border region. ...
12 August 2010
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