Latin America Round-Up: July 31, 2002

    COSTA RICA: List of 15 alleged recipients of bribes causes outrage; ECUADOR: Finance Ministry’s officials to be arrested; Arms trafficking and Corruption; EL SALVADOR: Investigation of a state company’s sale; HONDURAS: INTERFINSA’s founder arrested; Another “black list”; MEXICO: US Banker falls in Mexican crackdown; Mexicans take over cocaine business; NICARAGUA: Tangled money; PANAMA: Panama investigates illegal money linked to Nicaragua; PARAGUAY: Bancosur’s executives convicted; and URUGUAY: Rohms’ dealings in Uruguay; The downfall of “Uruguay’s owners”; Banking system in bad shape.