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American Fugitive Arrested in
Costa Rica
A Kentucky man on the FBI's list
of most wanted fugitives,
charged with killing his elderly
aunt and fleeing the country,
was captured yesterday in Costa
Rica, police said.
U.S. Blocks Costa Rica Shrimp
Exports over Threat to Sea
Turtles
Costa Rica has been added to the
list of countries prohibited
from exporting wild-harvested
shrimp to the U.S. market
because shrimpers' practices
pose a threat to sea turtles, a
U.S. State Department official
says.
Grandparents Plead Guilty to
Abducting Boy
A Virginia Beach, Virginia,
couple who abducted their
grandson in 1993 to raise him on
a Costa Rica coffee farm, then
returned 11 years later so the
boy could attend a Virginia
college, pleaded guilty Tuesday
to child abduction.
Former Costa Rican
President to
be Honoured
Thursday evening in Coral
Gables, Florida, the
Association of Bi-National
Chambers of Commerce is to
present to Oscar Arías Sanchez,
a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a
former president of Costa Rica,
with its award for leadership
for global trade.
Riteve to
Stay
The Contraloría General de la
República - Comtproller's office
- yesterday ratified the
contract between the Ministerio
de Obras Públicas y
Transportes(MOPT) and the
Spanish company Riteve.
Pilar and
Igancio Leave Telenoticias
WOW! Yesterday, in the early
afternoon hours, came the news
that co-directors of Channel 7's
Telenoticias, Ignacio Santos and
Pilar Cisneros Gallo, quit. A
letter of resignation was
received by René Picado Cozza,
owner of Canal 7.
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