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An early morning bank robbery
across the San José courthouse
on Wednesday leaves police
thinking it may have been an
"inside" job. The robbery netted
the bank robbers ¢12 million
colones and left no injured,
dead or hostages as was the case
in Monteverde last week. |
Early Morning Bank Robbery in San José
Three men, heavily armed, stormed the branch of the Banco Crédito
Agrícola de Cartago (BCAC) located across from the court house in San
José and made away with ¢12 million colones (us$25.500 dollars) in an
early morning bank heist.
Costa Rica Rules Out Immediate Ratification of
TLC with US
Costa Rica on Wednesday ruled out the
possibility of an immediate ratification of the Tratado Libre de
Comercio - TLC (Free Trade Agreement - FTA) between Central
America and the United States.
Natural Cosmetics From Costa Rica
Vista Group is to launch a new natural skin
care line on the US market that is manufactured in Costa Rica.
IRS to Help Out the Costa
Rican Tax Man
The Dirección General de Tributación
Directa (DGT) - the Costa Rican tax man - is getting ready to apply
stricter controls to it's tax collection problem, thanks to the help of
the United States Treasury, that oversees the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS).
Semana Santa is Not A Paid Holiday
Yesterday we reported that all government
offices will be closed all week during Semana Santa, save for the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), FyL (electricity), Aya
(water) and state bank - Banco Nacional, Banco de Costa Rica, who will
be open on Monday and Tuesday.
500 Arrested in Global Internet Pedophilia
Sweep
MADRID (AFP) - More than 500 suspected pedophiles who traded material
over the Internet have been arrested in 12 countries in Europe and Latin
America, Spanish police coordinating the operation told AFP.
LATIN AMERICA
Nicaragua Declares
National Emergency for Diarrhea Epidemic
Nicaragua has declared a national health
state of emergency due to a diarrhea epidemic caused by a rotavirus that
has killed 41 people and affected another 42,000, most of them children.
Cuba Proposes World Change to Improve Human
Rights
Cuba´s Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque
said Wednesday in Geneva that a UN Commission on Human Rights without
selectivity, polarization, blackmail, double standards and hypocrisy
would only be possible if the world changes.
Pinochet hides funds in over 100 secret
accounts: US report
Former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet
hid and laundered millions of US dollars in about 125 secret accounts,
Chilean daily La Nacion reported Wednesday, quoting a US Senate report.
Regional Food and Nutrition Experts meet in
Belize
Leading regional food and nutrition experts
have expressed concern that poor food consumption habits pose one of the
most serious threats to quality of life in the region, reported the
Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
SPECIAL REPORTS
CHILE:
Rising Cell Phone Use Fuels Fears of Health
Hazards from Antennas
Hundreds of Chileans are keeping watch day and night over lots next to
their homes, to block plans to install mobile phone antennas, because
they are worried about the possible effects they could have on human
health.
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