Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA - A report in the Diario Extra says Canadian businessman Ryan Piercy was kidnapped by an armed group, who is asking for US$500.000 dollars for his release. The Extra says that sources close to the investigation say the kidnappers have asked Piercy's wife to make the payment through the...

  TODAY VENEZUELA - The bid for selling Citgo, a US-based refinery of state-run company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), was cancelled since the firm plans to collect US$2.50 billion in bonds and loans, Reuters reported, based on a note quoted by the Wall Street Journal. The International Financial Review (IFR), a...

QCOSTARICA (iNews.co.cr) Although politicians are quick to laud freedom of the press, especially when campaigning, they are often not fans when they are elected. Case in point: As President Luis Guillermo Solis, ministro de la Presidencia (Chief of Staff) Melvin Jimenez and former deputy ministro de la Presidencia Daniel Soley, ...