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Tension in Escazú
As Man Continues Stand Off With
Police
A Russian national, armed to the
teeth is holding his wife and
three children hostage in their
home in Bello Horizonte, in
Escazú. Police attempting to
negotiate with the man.
Customers and employees
inside the Banco Popular
in San Isidro Del
General got the scare of
their lives when a
vehicle crashed through
the front window,
thinking that a bomb had
just gone off. The
Nissan Pathfinder was
being driven by the bank
manager's wife, who
accidentally hit the
accelerator while
waiting on her husband.
[Foto: Oldemar Siles/Diaro
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Mid Year Vacation
Reservations Luke Warm
Although the numbers aren't that
bad, certainly the hotel
reservations for the mid year
vacations are luke warm in
comparison to the same period
last year. The Cámara Nacional
de Turismo (Canatur) reports
that only 57.34% of the rooms
are already booked.
Moody's Revises Costa Rica
Outlook to Stable
(Reuters) - Moody's Investors
Service on Tuesday revised Costa
Rica's debt ratings to stable
from negative mentioning an
improvement in the country's
debt dynamics.
Former ELCA President Freed on
Bail
Following almost two years in
preventive detention, former
Banco ELCA president, Carlos
Alvardao Moya was a free on bail
at 12:45pm yesterday. Alvarado
was able to leave the jail cells
of San Sebastián following the
bail payment of us$650.000.
Temples to Have Stricter
Regulations
The regulation that governs the
functionality of churches,
temples or places of worship
under the "Dirección de
Protección al Ambiente Humano
del Ministerio de Salud" has
priests, evangelists and other
religious leaders worried since
if they don't make modifications
to the noise levels they could
be closed down.
Bridge to
Limón To Be Closed Thursday
Travelling to the Caribbean
coast? Be warned that the bridge
La Estrella, located on route 36
in the area of Limón, will be
closed for 24 hours on Thursday
29 June.
Bank
Customers Panicked When Car
Crashes Through Window
The clients and employees of the
Banco Popular in San Isidro del
General got the scare of their
lives when a car plowed into the
bank's front window.
Hondurans Concerned on Drug
Trafficking
Inhabitants of the Honduran
Department of Olancho, 186 miles
east of the capital Tuesday
denounced an increase on
drug-trafficking activities in
that area.
Deported Salvadoran Children
Increasing
The number of Salvadoran
children sent back to their
homeland from Mexico has
increased considerably compared
with last year, according to
Salvadoran Consul to Tapachula,
Mexico, Nelson Cuellar.
Panama Patients Appreciate
Operation Miracle
More than 2,000 Panamanians have
been benefited from the
Operation Miracle, an agreement
through which poor Latin
American people receive free
ophthalmologic assistance in
Cuba.
Guatemala, Belize Sign Partial
Accord
Guatemala and Belize signed
partial agreements that bury the
hatchet of centenary differences
a positive step to normalize
relations, exchange,
investments, and opening a door
towards Caribbean markets.
Venezuela: Integration Depends
on MERCOSUR
The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)"s
success or failure will
determine the fate of the
regional integration process,
said Foreign Minister Ali
Rodriguez, who ratified the
joining of the group by
Venezuela on Jul 4.
Colombian police seize some 3
tons of cocaine
Colombian police on Tuesday
seized 2.9 tons of cocaine which
the traffickers had planned to
sell to Europe.
Santiago
becomes 3rd most expensive South
American city
Chile's capital, Santiago, has
become the third most expensive
city in South America, according
to a world list published on
Tuesday by American consultancy
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
in its annual report.
COLOMBIA:
New Breed
of Paramilitaries Infiltrate
Urban 'Refuges'
Legend has
it that Ciudad Bolívar, a poor
neighbourhood strung along the
hills on the south side of the
Colombian capital, is so called
because independence hero Simón
Bolívar briefly took refuge in
the area after narrowly escaping
an assassination attempt in
1828. Today, it is riddled with
the concrete failure of
Colombian President Álvaro
Uribe's push for paramilitary
demobilisation.
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