nacion.com reported that French tourist Jean Pierre Maurice Bomvallo, 59, drowned in Tortuguero, Limón, on Sunday at about 11 am
The incident occurred in front of the hotel itself La Princesa, in the coastal community located north of Limon and belonging to Pococí. Read Article
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The BBC reports that Guyana says the Venezuelan navy has entered its territorial waters and detained a US-operated ship. The government said the Venezuelan actions in the disputed Essequibo region constituted “a serious threat to peace in the region”. The ship belongs to Texas-based company Anadarko, which has been granted a contract to look for […]
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Foxnew.com reported that, Colombia’s army says a small plane has crashed in a remote region near the Panama border, killing four of six people aboard. Gabriel Jose Olivares, mayor of Acandi in Choco department, said Saturday that local farmers first reported the accident that occurred about 1 a.m. local time. There was no immediate information […]
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CostaRicanTimes.net reported….. – You get off your flight to Costa Rica. You go through baggage claim to pick up your luggage. You then head outside and are asked right away by about 20 different taxi drivers asking you where you want to go. Do they speak English? You would think yes……..but their certificates may be […]
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Cusco: Tourist dies with heart attack was from Argentina The victim was identified as Miguel Angel Noronha (62) and had come with his wife to visit Machu Picchu. A tourist nationality Argentina, which together with his wife visited the sanctuary of Machu Picchu, province of Urubamba, Cusco, ceased to exist, after suffering a heart attack. […]
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Colombian police arrested at Bogotá airport to a Canadian citizen carrying two kilos of cocaine hidden in a latex tummy with pretending to be pregnant, police sources said Wednesday. The woman, identified as Tabatha Leah Ritchie, 28, a social worker by profession, had entered the country on August 6 from Toronto (Canada). Read Article
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Reuters.com reported that at least 38 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said. Rescue workers said that the bus, which plunged off of […]
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Peru’s roads are among the most deadly in Latin America, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. The WHO’s 2013 report on road safety said that Peru has 15.9 deaths per 100,000 people. Countries that have a higher fatality rate include Venezuela at 37.2 per 100,000 and Brazil at 22.5 per 100,000. […]
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FARC MAY BE BEHIND PROTESTS Telegraph.co.uk reported that Troops deployed in Colombian capital amid deadly clashes Troops were ordered onto the streets of Bogota on Friday after deadly violence broke out amid nationwide protests, in the first major military deployment in the Colombian capital since the peak of the country’s civil conflict. President Juan Manuel […]
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