Happy Father's Day!
Four Suspects
Detained In Cocaine Shark Shipment From
Costa Rica
The Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) said
they
arrested four suspected members of a gang
that was sending cocaine to Mexico inside of
frozen shark carcasses, following an
investigation that began last February and
came to light this week with the seizure of
893 kilos (1,967 pounds) of the drug in a
Mexican port.
Police Find Tunnels
and Underground Bunker That Stored Cocaine
Shipped In Frozen Sharks
A property with eight luxury homes and
swimming pool in Purruja de Golfito was more
than just a residential compound, but also a
place for storing and distributing illegal
drugs, as police found a series of tunnels
and an underground storage area where up to
five tons of cocaine could be stored.
Work On New Road To
Escazú To Add To Traffic Congestion
Brace yourself for more traffic congestion
beginning tomorrow, Monday, as several road
closures around the La Sabana will add to
the daily headaches drivers face around the
area.
INVU Director Joins
List of Public Officials and Politicians
Caught Drunk Driving
The president of the Instituto Nacional de
Vivienda y Urbanismo (INVU), Jorge Sánchez
Zúñiga, is the latest to be picked up by the
Policía de Tránsito for drunk driving, when
he collided with another vehicle Friday
night in Escazú and allegedly offering the
police a bribe.
Two
Celebrities Eliminated from Costa Rica
At the beginning of Thursday’s I’m a
Celebrity, Get Me Out Here, the celebs were
all abuzz with the partially-revealed
elimination results. Janice Dickinson is not
in the top two; Patti Blagojevich is not in
the bottom two. Or so it stood Wednesday
night. At the end of the episode, two would
leave the competition |
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Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias (in blue sports cap), officially opened the new "Patinódromo Nacional" (national roller skating park) located in La Sabana park, on Saturday. The oval track is part of a ¢335 millon colones sports complex that includes a small roller skate hockey ring. |
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Nicaragua Opposition Denounces Cancelation of Radio Frequency
Managua – The coordinator of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, or MRS, Edmundo Jarquin, denounced on Saturday the cancelation of the frequency of Radio La Ley, a station in the interior owned by an opposition commentator, a measure he calls “an outrage.”
Medicos Invade Honduras
Having a broken leg for 20 years seems
unthinkable in the United States.
Devon Boydstun, however, met a man who
endured just that on a recent trip to
Honduras.
Guatemala Deals with Health Security
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala - The 12th version of the presidential
program Gobernando con la Gente (Governing
with the People) is expected to conclude
under strict health measures on Saturday in
Quetzaltenango department.
El Salvador on Yellow Alert for Flu
San Salvador - The National Health
System in El Salvador decreed a yellow alert
due to an increased number of people
infected with the human A(H1N1) influenza
virus.
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Venezuela Probes Conspiracy
Caracas - Venezuelan deputies of parliament
demanded that the Attorney General investigated a
possible conspiracy with participation of Vice
admiral (r) Rafael Huizi Clavier.
Brazil to Immunize 14.7 M against Polio
Brasilia - Brazil Health Ministry allocated $23M to run from June 20 the first stage of the national anti-polio vaccination campaign to immunize 14.7M children.
Bolivians Seek Horizontal Socialism
Cochabamba, Bolivia - President of Bolivia Evo Morales
urged national and local leaders of the Movement
towards Socialism (MAS) to draft a new government
program to serve the people'' interests.
Peruvian Indigenous Still Missing
Lima - The situation of 60 indigenous
people who have been missing since the tragic
incidents in the Peruvian Amazonia is one of the
main subjects included in a report by a UN rapporteur in that country. |
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Don’t
Cry For Me Argentina
Often hailed as the
(Paris of South America),
Buenos Aires is becoming a
new expat favorite thanks to
the low-cost peso. You
might remember Argentina as
that country with the famous
blonde, actress-turned-
politician-turned-saint, or
as the country with the
catastrophic 2001 economic
meltdown.
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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
be completed. |
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