Revolt Breaks Out in Costa Rica
Rent 10 p.m. New York, July 23 Although order appeared to have been restored in Costa Rica late this afternoon, all business and transportation is still paralysed. Pan-American Airways in Balboa said all its flights in and' out of San Jose had been cancelled. Recd .9 p.m. New York, July 23 Five were reported killed and 20 wounded when Government forces fired on a demonstration in Central Park. San Jose. Costa Rica, to-day. Opposition Party leaders had called a general strike which paralysed Sait Jose’s business activities and closed all banks, shops and oilices. Machine-gun and rifle fire was heard in other parts of San Jose, and according to reports from Guatemala the strike has developed into open revolt, with fighting also occurring at Cartago. Reports from the Panama Canal Zone c ay a revolution has broken out in Costa R ea. and the Government has declared martial lat
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Wanganui Chronicle, 25 July 1947, Page 5
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