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Police spent most of the day Wednesday in
the coffee plantation of Santo Domingo de
Heredia, Jose Antonio Jiménez Mora, 29,
wanted for at least four murders in the that
Province. At the end of the night, the search was suspended.
(Foto: Mario Castillo)
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Costa Rican
police seek Taiwanese businessman
President Abel Pacheco denied Tuesday that a
naturalized Costa Rican, originally from Taiwan,
and his wife bought political favors through a
hefty campaign donation. >more
Costa Rica asks U.S. government to urge Chiquita to cancel plans for banana buying freeze
Costa Rica announced Wednesday it has asked the U.S. government to urge Chiquita Brands International Inc. to scrap its plan to stop purchasing bananas from independent producers in this country for a 10-week period beginning Sept. 14.
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Chile likely to ratify FTA with US in October
Chile's Lower House of the Congress may ratify the free trade agreement
(FTA) with the United States in October, since US President George W. Bush signed the accord Wednesday. >more
US. ex-cleric executed for murdering abortion doctor
A former US. cleric was executed Wednesday for shooting to death an abortion doctor and his bodyguard, becoming the first person put to death in the United States for anti-abortion violence. >more
Venezuela has worst contraction, inflation in Latin America: CEPAL
Venezuela is one of the Latin American countries with the worst economic contraction and inflation, said the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean
(CEPAL). >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: GUATEMALA
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Small-time
Guatemala drug boss flourishes
Starting as a small-time smuggler deep
in the countryside, a trucking company
boss has become Central America's
most-wanted drug suspect, using platoons
of pilots, fishermen and truck drivers
to turn Guatemala's sliver of Caribbean
coast into a major pipeline for
Colombian cocaine.
U.S. and Guatemalan officials say Otto
Herrera succeeded in building a small
but powerful smuggling gang because
Guatemala's government did little in
recent years to stop the drug trade.
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