Abel Pacheco

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Tracy Lee Sunderlage, Nikolai Simon Battoo, BC Capital Group S.A., and BC Capital Group Limited at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

COSTA RICADisgraceThe head of the Organization of American States, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, was detained and put under house arrest following his resignation just two weeks after starting the job on October 15th. He has been accused of taking a bribe

Two businessmen who operated high yield investment programs in Costa Rica have been placed on Interpol's list of 'Wanted' fugitives.Costa Rican national Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho, 62, is wanted for fraud and money laundering, while Luis Angel Milanes, 52, who has Cuban and United States citizenship, is wanted for fraud.

ARGENTINA The bankers' parade Michael Smith, of HSBC, declared before judge Claudio Bonadío that bribes were somewhat customary in Argentina. Smith—a British citizen who has been only months in the South American country—was testifying in a new case of alleged

ARGENTINA: Former minister Domingo Cavallo indicted, Argentinean justice investigates the "Banco Extrader" case; COLOMBIA: Most wanted thief, Wilson de Jesús Yepes Ardila, is arrested; COSTA RICA: Costa Rica elects Abel Pacheco as its new President; PANAMA: Panama becomes more transparent; Panama-based business operators Yardena Mizrahi Herbroni and her brother Eliahu Mizrahi convicted in New York; PERU: BBVA debacle has a Latin American connection; VENEZUELA: Chaos reigns.