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Thursday 05
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Plenty of Rooms In
Hotels During Low Season
If you are still
considering plans to
take advantage of the
mid year school break
and head to the beaches,
hotels and resorts at
popular destinations
still have lots of room,
reporting only a 60%
occupancy rate.
2.687 Earthquakes
Recorded For First Half
of 2007
Costa Rica is shaking
and rolling, as the Red
Sismológica de la
Universidad Nacional (RSN)
- the seismological
network - says it
recorded 2.687 quakes
during the first half of
the year.
Proposal Made For the
Creation of A Central
American State
Some time in the not so
distant future, the map
of the North American
continent may have a new
country, the United
States of Central
America.
Police Raid Quintavalle
Home and Hotel
Authorities continue to
probe into the business
activities of Italian
businessman, Matteo
Quintavalle, following
last month's charges of
fraud filed against him
by his American
investors.
Cement Truck Without
Brakes Slams Into Tour
Van
Traffic accidents
involving heavy vehicles
continues to make the
headlines, this time in
the area of Cambronero,
when a cement truck with
bad brakes slammed into
an Interbus van, leaving
three injured and
fortunately no
fatalities.
Banco Nacional
Cuts ATM Fees
The management of the
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BN)
announced yesterday that it will
eliminate all charges for using an ATM.
Nicaragua Tries Drug
Traffickers
Twenty-one persons of
the 22 suspected of
being members of a
logistics network
created by Mexican
cartel of Sinaloa in
Nicaragua remain in
prison on Wednesday,
after being declared
guilty of drug
trafficking funding.
Hondurans Out of Gas and
Angry
Since last week 130
Honduran gas stations
have closed for lack of
fuel, and non-existence
of reserve supplies has
been verified by DIPPSA
(the national
distributor of oil
products) for which it
is being sued by the
government.
New Fatality in Panama
Mass Poisoning
The reported death of a
60 year old man has
brought the number of
people proven killed,
after taking medicine
contaminated with an
industrial substance in
Panama, to 102.
El Salvador Denounced
for Torture
Members of the Permanent
Risk Management Center (MPGR)
charged the Salvadorian
government with
psychological torture of
the civilian population.
Brazil, Peru to
cooperate on Amazon
rainforest protection
Brazil and Peru will
make joint efforts to
protect the Amazon
forest, said a statement
issued by Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva's office
on Wednesday.
LABOUR-COLOMBIA:
Foreign Firms Urged to
Help Prevent Rights
Abuses
Amnesty International is
calling on foreign
companies operating in
Colombia to use their
influence on the
government "to end and
prevent human rights
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