Bus/Truck Collision Leave 6 Dead, 15 Injured on Interamericana
Six dead and fifteen injured as a bus coming from El Salvador collided with a tractor trailer headed for Guatemala. The accident occurred on kilometre 132 of Interamerican highway, near Puntarenas.

Limited Regional Growth
The Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE in Spanish) foresees a 3.7 percent increase in production in Central America this year, slightly higher than last year’s 3.5 percent. Guatemala and Honduras would experience the largest growth, at 4 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively.

Costa Rica Tops South Korea
Alvaro Saborio scored on a penalty kick 40 minutes into the first half, leading Costa Rica to a 1-0 win over South Korea on Saturday.

Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open 2006: Noren Increases his Lead
Sweden’s Alexander Noren produced a second consecutive round of four under par 67 at the Cariari Country Club to extend his lead at the European Challenge Tour’s Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open 2006 to three shots over England’s Van Phillips, with the European pair holding off a typically strong push from the Central and South American Members of the Tour de las Americas (TLA) going into the final two rounds of the last of three joint-sanctioned TLA events of the 2006 season.