Russian Embassy Incident Was Over A Settling of a Score
The two men taken out by police in Friday's hostage incident at the Russian embassy in San José were indentified as Román Bogdanyants and Andrey Yurenkov, who were responsible for the holding of eight hostages, including the Russian ambassador, and holding police at bay for more than four hours.

Legislature Threatened With Blockage If Government Moves Ahead With TLC Parallel Projects
While the nation gets ready for the public vote or referendum on the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement with the United States (CAFTA) - legislators may soon begin working on parallel laws that form part of the trade deal package.

Inflation Goal
The chairman of the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) - Central Bank of Costa Rica - Francisco Gutierrez, asserted that the overall inflation goal of 8 percent for the year 2007 is on track.

us$100 million for the environment
Costa Rica received a us$40-million loan from the World Bank and a us$10-million donation from the Global Environment Fund, both destined to the preservation of nature.

Coffee prices down
The downward trend of coffee prices in the international market is a source of worries for Costa Rican growers, who have seen the price of the 100-pound bag drop us$24.30 in the last four months.