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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, July 28, 2006
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| FABULOUS Fabrics: This colorful cloth from India is part of an exhibit opening today at Café Expresivo in San José’s Barrio Escalante featuring a collection of hand-made, natural-fiber textiles from Mali, Ghana, Senegal and India. The exhibit runs through Aug. 6 and is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 224-9476 or 224-1202 for information. Photo courtesy of Café Expresivo |
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OIJ Director Denounces
Rumors About Hidalgo’s Murder
Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) Director Jorge Rojas called a press conference yesterday to address rumors that OIJ officials could have been involved in the murder of Maureen Hidalgo, a judicial assistant and the wife of public defender Luis Fernando Burgos.
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Number of Tourists
Increases Over Last Year
Approximately 356,800 tourists came to Costa Rica during the first two months of this year, marking a 7.6% increase over the same period last year, according to the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), the daily La Nación reported.
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Earthquake Felt in Escazú
An earthquake registering 3.0 on the Richter scale was felt in Escazú, west of San José, at 8:47 a.m. yesterday, according to a statement fsrom the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), based at Universidad Nacional (UNA) in Heredia, north of San José.
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July 28
2nd Jocote Fair
Vegetables, fruit, and cultural events, Saturday and Sunday, also Aug. 5-6, La Uruca de Aserrí, mountain town south of San Jose. Info: 230-6211.
Century 21 Coastal Estates Charity Surf Classic
Saturday and Sunday, Playa Tamarindo, northwestern Guanacaste province. Info: 810-1493.
De Boca en Boca
Concert by Bernardo Quesada, Manrique Guido and Javier Boza, Sunday, 9 p.m., Cuartel de la Boca del Monte, Barrio California. Info: 221-0327.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
OIJ Director Denounces Rumors About Hidalgo’s Murder
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) Director Jorge Rojas called a press conference yesterday to address rumors that OIJ officials could have been involved in the murder of Maureen Hidalgo, a judicial assistant and the wife of public defender Luis Fernando Burgos.
“At this time there is no evidence that associates any OIJ official, director or ex-director with this crime,” Rojas said. “I feel it is necessary to state this publicly to protect the good name of these people and the OIJ.”
Hidalgo was found dead July 16 in a ditch in a rural area outside the western Central Valley town of Atenas (TT, July 21). Officials later arrested Burgos and ordered him to six months preventive detention while he is investigated in connection with the murder.
A public prosecutor was suspended while officials investigate whether she aided Burgos in the crime, according to the daily La Nación.
Rojas added that the OIJ is continuing to investigate the murder and encouraged any citizen or member of the press who has information about the case to report it to the police.
In particular, investigators are searching for a vehicle that could have been used to transport Hidalgo’s body to the ditch where it was discovered, Rojas said.
Chief Prosecutor General Francisco Dall’Anese’s office is also involved in the investigation.
Number of Tourists Increases Over Last Year
Approximately 356,800 tourists came to Costa Rica during the first two months of this year, marking a 7.6% increase over the same period last year, according to the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), the daily La Nación reported.
However, this increase shows less tourism growth than the country saw from 2004 to 2005, when the number of tourists to Costa Rica increased by 30,000, or 9.9%.
National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR) Director Alberto López attributed the decrease in growth during the first two months of this year to escalating international gas prices that make travel more costly.
Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels president Manuel Rodríguez agreed expensive flights are to blame.
“Six months ago, you could get flights (to Costa Rica) from the United States for between $400 and $500, and now they run about $700,” Rodríguez said.
-Tico Times
An earthquake registering 3.0 on the Richter scale was felt in Escazú, west of San José, at 8:47 a.m. yesterday, according to a statement from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), based at Universidad Nacional (UNA) in Heredia, north of San José.
The earthquake originated five kilometers below the earth’s surface, the statement said.
-Tico Times
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