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the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas takes a 52-year-old U.S. citizen identified as Charles Eli Rosenberg for medical help. The man fell while hiking on Islas Catalina in the Pacific off Playa Potrero but he was able to use his cell telephone to call for help. High winds
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Winds Tuesday reached 120 kph in the mountains and in parts of the Central Valley, according to the national weather service. The intensity appears to have diminished in the afternoon and evening. The winds brought diverse problems. Grupo ICE reported 392 electrical outages caused by the winds. That included the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. A report said that at least eight utility poles had fallen. Trees also were victims of the unrelenting winds. One tree smashed a car and another did heavy damage to a home. The weather condition also created rains in the Caribbean mountains, and the rivers there were reported rising late Tuesday. They included the ríos Colorado and Reventazón as well as the Banano. and the Río Sixaola-Telire, according to the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional. The seas were whipped up by the winds, too, and the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas based in Flamingo reported tough going as a boat and crew traveled to the Islas Catalina in the Pacific to retrieve a U.S. citizen who had fallen and injured himself. The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes asked residents to report any traffic signals that had been damaged while being pushed around by the winds. The speed of 120 kph is about 75 mph. The winds are expected to continue to diminish for the rest of the week. Police report dip in Metro area crime By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
During the first 14 days of December there were 55 robberies in the metro area, but police officials say this is a 12.7 percent reduction from 2013. The security ministry issued the report Tuesday and said that the data was based on what had been supplied by the Judicial Investigating Organization. The security ministry had flooded the metro area with police officers and police trainees as part of a protective program for the Christmas holidays. The ministry said that there were 124 reported crimes during the first two weeks of December. These ranged from car thefts to vehicle burglaries and simple theft. In 2013 the number was 185, the ministry said. In the two weeks there were 49 simple thefts, a big decline from the 2014 figure of 109, officials said. Nearly 200,000 fireworks confiscated By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Fuerza Pública reported Tuesday that its officers confiscated nearly 200,000 units of fireworks from October to the end of December. Eventually a judge will give permission for destruction. Fireworks are part of the country's holiday celebrations, particularly New Year's Eve. But the government has been cracking down in the last decade to protect children. Six youngsters were reported to have been burned by fireworks in the last month.
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Costa Rica's president declared that his nation and China have agreed on a new vision as strategic partners. He made the statement in China shortly after meeting the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. The president Luis Guillermo Solís, called this a new step in the relations between the two countries in which officials will prioritize work as strategic partners instead of the unilateral efforts that have existed up until the present. The president said that he wanted to plan a relationship that permits Costa Rica to have more jobs and more investment from China. He said the seven-year relationship between the two countries had matured sufficiently for this new step. Costa Rica seeks to be a permanent partner of long duration, he said. The summary of the president's comments came from Casa Presidencial. Manuel González, the foreign minister, said that to deepen the relationship the countries will work on a comprehensive strategic plan that the Chinese government says it only signs with countries that the leadership considers the most strategic partners in the world. |
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A private security guard stopped a robbery attempt Tuesday morning, killed one of the robbers and wounded a second. The gang of bandits appeared to be made up of minors. The dead individual was reported to be 17 years old, the Judicial Investigating Organization said. The custom in Costa Rica is to have private security personnel accompany delivery trucks particularly in crime-prone areas. In this case the escort was on a |
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The attempted robbery was in Pavas about 11:30 a.m. The target was a Coca-Cola delivery truck that was making a stop at a store. Two men in the delivery vehicle were not hurt. The robbery attempt resulted in a firefight, and the 17 year old suffered a bullet to the head. A companion suffered a wound to the leg, said the judicial police. There also was a report of a suspect wounded in the stomach. The youth wounded in the head died shortly after arriving at Hospital San Juan de Dios. |
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The International Organization for Migration is calling for action to stop the use of so-called ghost ships to transport migrants across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The organization says it fears many migrants will lose their lives if this risky practice is allowed to continue. Over the past week, more than 1,000 migrants, most fleeing conflict in Syria, had to be rescued in the Mediterranean Sea. Survivors of the two so-called ghost ships in which they were traveling say the crews aboard abandoned their ships, using lifeboats, after locking in the automatic pilot as the boats neared the Italian coastline. Both could have capsized with heavy loss of life. But the migrants were lucky. The first boat, carrying 736 people, made it to shore in southern Italy on New Year’s Eve. The second, with 359 Syrian refugees on board, was abandoned by its crew and was towed ashore over the weekend by the European Union's Triton mission. Triton is a scaled-down version of Italy’s Mare Nostrum, which rescued tens of thousands of migrants at sea before the mission was shut down at the end of October. A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, Joel Millman, says rescued passengers reported paying between $4,000 and $8,000 to smugglers based in Turkey, which is where the voyages originated. “Obviously, we look upon this with alarm. We are concerned that with Mare Nostrum now ended and the migrations |
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said. Italian authorities report 163,368 migrants were rescued at sea through the first 11 months of 2014. This is about three times the total arriving in 2013. They say Syrians were the most numerous migrants, followed by Eritreans. The immigration organization reports more than 3,000 migrants went missing in the Mediterranean last year, presumed drowned. It says they were crossing from North Africa when their small, unsafe boats sank or capsized. Migrants describe the so-called ghost ships as large cargo vessels, which despite their size are old and unsafe. Maritime experts figure such ships can be bought for between $100,000 and $150,000. At this rate, the organization calculates that smugglers can earn more than $3 million for voyages like the two that ended in recent days, with up to 900 migrants crammed on board. And with the ships on autopilot near the coast, the smugglers greatly reduce the chance of getting caught by EU or Italian authorities. Millman says thousands of Syrians are fleeing every month. So, smugglers can plan on a reliable stream of customers. He notes Lebanon’s recent decision to require visas from Syrians wishing to enter the country is likely to swell the demand for smugglers’ services in Turkey. |
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, have pledged to continue working together to stem the flow of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States. The two leaders spoke to reporters Tuesday after their first round of talks at the White House. Obama said the U.S. also appreciates Mexico's commitment to help send a very clear message about his executive action to shield nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. That message: that the U.S. is providing a mechanism to keep families together, but will also be much more aggressive at the border to make sure people come through the system legally. President Peña Nieto said it is important that Mexico do everything it can to ensure the measure only benefits those it is supposed to benefit and does not generate any misinformation or abuses, especially by organized crime groups. On the new U.S. effort to normalize relations with Cuba, President Obama said he wants to move toward a more constructive policy, but one that continues to emphasize human rights, democracy and political freedom. Peña Nieto said Mexico will be a tireless supporter of the U.S.-Cuba relationship and has offered its hope to collaborate in the effort so the relationship can be re-established as soon as possible. Also raised during Tuesday's talks were the issues of economic growth, cross-border trade, clean energy and educational exchanges, as well as security. Obama said he and Peña Nieto discussed the September abduction and presumed murder of 43 Mexican students by drug gang members linked to police. Human Rights Watch had sent a letter to Obama Monday calling for him to press the Mexican leader to take the crisis more seriously and address Mexico's failure to investigate and prosecute egregious abuses by Mexican security forces. Obama said Peña Nieto described the reform programs he has initiated. The U.S. leader said his nation's commitment is to be a friend and supporter of Mexico in its efforts to eliminate violence and drug cartels, but that ultimately, it will be up to Mexico and its law enforcement to carry out the key decisions that need to be made. The incident has triggered protests across Mexico. It has also delivered a major blow to Peña Nieto, who has seen his approval ratings sink amid criticism he was slow to respond to the mass disappearance. Republicans take control of both houses of Congress By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
On the first day of business for the new, Republican-led U.S. Congress, House Republicans promptly displayed political divisions within their caucus, and the first major bill on the Senate’s agenda triggered a veto threat from Democratic President Barack Obama. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio easily won a third term as House speaker, despite challenges from conservative hard-liners who accuse him of being too accommodating with Democrats. More than two dozen of the speaker’s fellow Republicans voted for someone other than him or declined to vote at all. On the other side of the Capitol, Vice President Joe Biden swore in new and re-elected senators. They included a large contingent of Republican freshmen whose November victories gave their party control of the chamber. "We know a lot of hard work awaits," said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the new majority leader. "We know many important opportunities await, as well. I am really optimistic about what we can accomplish.” That optimism will be put to the test when the chamber considers legislation pertaining to a pipeline that would transport Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf region. Last year, the Senate rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline, and the White House said Tuesday that Obama would veto the measure if approved by Congress. But that was not deterring backers, such as Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota, a Republican. “With Canada and the U.S. working together, we can produce more energy than we consume," Hoeven said. "That helps us, that helps families and businesses, that makes our economy more competitive. It puts real pressure on places like Russia and Iran.” The pipeline is opposed by environmentalists, an important constituency in the Democratic Party. That factionalism and partisanship were on display on the first day of the new Congress was no surprise to political analyst William Howell of the University of Chicago. “For the most part, I think what we are going to see is continued gridlock," he said. The stopping point for policy initiatives that Obama and the Democratic Party favor was formerly in just the House but now is going to be in both chambers. For the last four years, Republicans controlled the House and Democrats held the Senate. Now, the political divide is between the White House and Capitol Hill. Obama is reported ready to veto Keystone Pipeline By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Top officials with the U.S. oil industry are urging Congress and the president to approve a controversial oil pipeline that would bring crude from Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf coast. The industry says the Keystone XL Pipeline would create thousands of jobs. Environmentalists say this project would create more pollution than usual and is not needed at a time of oil abundance. The new business-friendly Republican majority in the Senate favors the project, but White House officials say President Obama, a Democrat, may veto the program. The Keystone Pipeline would move 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canadian tar sands across the United States to refineries on the Gulf Coast. Advocates say the pipeline would boost the U.S. economy and create 42,000 jobs during the two-year construction process. The head of the American Petroleum Institute, Jack Gerard, is disappointed that Obama has said he will not approve the Keystone bill if it passes Congress. "The needlessly protracted fight over the Keystone XL pipeline only deprives tens of thousands of hardworking Americans of well-paying jobs and our nation of a safe and efficient means of transporting much needed North American energy resources," he said. At a December news conference, Obama said he doubts Keystone will produce anywhere near the number of jobs promised and do little to boost the economy. "I think that there’s been this tendency to really hype this thing as some magic formula to what ails the U.S. economy, and it’s hard to see on paper where exactly they’re getting that information from,” he said. Critics say tar sand petroleum causes more environmental damage than other kinds of oil and say it should be left in the ground. "You essentially have to do a strip-mining operation, where you’re scooping this tarry, oily earth out of the ground and putting it into very large chemical processing facilities that use enormous amounts of electricity and water," said Tyson Slocum, who speaks for advocacy organization Public Citizen. The new Republican majority in the Senate put approving the Keystone pipeline on its agenda on the first day of the new session. Keystone supporter Sen. John Hoeven introduced a bill to approve the project and vowed quick action on the measure. “It's about growing our economy, it's about national security, It really is about building the infrastructure we need, pipelines, roads, rail, transmission,” he said. Keystone has been the target of many protests and skepticism by the president. But it now seems to be moving forward in the Congress. But its fate may ultimately hinge on the falling price of oil, which might eventually make the relatively expensive tar sands products unprofitable. Iranians irked at Saudis over drop in price of oil By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Iranian hard-liners are lashing out at Saudi Arabia, accusing it of conspiring with the West to keep oil prices low in a bid to harm the Islamic Republic’s economy and pressure the country to conclude a nuclear deal with West. In retaliation, Iranian hawks are urging restive Shia Muslims in eastern Saudi Arabia to rebel against the ruling House of Saud. Iranian hawks’ accusations have mounted over the Saudi’s refusal to cut production in an effort to maintain its share of the global oil market fueling the precipitous slide in prices. Crude oil prices have fallen by more than half since June, from $115 a barrel to below $50. "We will not forget which countries schemed to lower the price of oil," the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani warned darkly during a visit last month to Damascus, the Syrian capital. U.S. officials deny any collusion between Washington and Riyadh. "The Saudis learned their lesson from the past when they curbed production to help keep oil prices high, only to see Russia and Venezuela grab some of their market share," said a senior U.S. State Department official. The real targets of Saudi Arabia’s decision not to cut production and to contribute to the falling price of oil are America’s shale oil producers, the official argued. Thanks to shale oil, America has become the world’s largest oil producer, an emergence that has reshaped the world’s energy market. Though America does not export crude oil, it imports much less now, increasing reserves around the world. Global demand for oil has fallen with the downturn in global economic activity and with increased efficiency. And consumers’ switch from oil to other fuels and energy sources, including renewable energy, is helping reshape oil markets, experts say. American shale oil producers have been hard hit by the slumping price of crude. Prices started to tumble when the Saudi-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which controls about 40 percent of the world market, failed to decide on production curbs during a November meeting in Vienna. Like Iran, whose government depends heavily on oil revenues, other economically hard-pressed exporters such as Russia, Nigeria and Venezuela have accused Saudi Arabia of manipulating oil prices for political purposes. Kremlin aides have decried low oil prices as part of an anti-Russian plot hatched by the United States and Saudi Arabia to push their country toward collapse. But the loudest conspiracy accusations come from Tehran. The weekly newsletter affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the elite military group that protects Iran’s theocratic Shia Muslim regime, last month threatened revenge on the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom “with all the means Iran has at its disposal,” Memri TV recently reported. It’s part of the Middle East Media Research Institute, a U.S.-based nonprofit that monitors Mideast media. Memri also reported that Amir Mousavi, a former Revolutionary Guards diplomat and director of Iran’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, recently warned, "Saudi Arabia’s move is a suicidal step in the struggle against Iran in the region." "So far, Tehran has held back and has acted in moderation," Mousavi continued. ". . . Saudi Arabia is certain that Iran will not respond easily, but it seems that this time the situation is different, and if necessary Saudi Arabia’s economic interests in the region and in the world will be harmed." Some anti-Saudi Iranians already appear to be retaliating, urging disaffected Shiites in eastern Saudi Arabia to rebel. A Revolutionary Guards-affiliated Twitter account Dec. 20 posted, "People must defend themselves against the repeated military attacks by the Al-Saud regime." Iranian threats toward U.S. ally Saudi Arabia are nothing new. But with the region roiled by vicious sectarian struggles, the war of words risks pouring fuel on Shia-Sunni fires. Tehran’s tougher language is at odds with U.S. President Barack Obama’s conciliatory comments about Iran. Last week, in an interview with National Public Radio, he said Iran has an opportunity via talks about a nuclear deal to get right with the world. He held out the possibility of opening a U.S. embassy in Tehran and offered the prospect of Iran being accepted as a successful regional power. Nuclear talks are set to resume next week in Geneva between Iran and the P5 + 1, the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom, plus Germany. Western governments have long feared Iran has been developing a nuclear program to build weapons; Tehran insists the country needs nuclear power for energy purposes. In November 2013, Iran made a one-year deal with world powers to freeze its nuclear program in exchange for easing international sanctions against the country. The deal since has been extended until July. At a conference Sunday in Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country needs to end its political isolation so its economy can grow. The moderate-inclined Iranian president has been criticized by Iranian hard-liners for his determination to seal a nuclear deal. Iranian hawks are wary of any compromising with the West. Capsule from Colonial days examined by Boston officials By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Officials in the northeastern U.S. state of Massachusetts have opened a 220-year-old time capsule buried by American founding fathers Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. The contents, unveiled Tuesday in Boston, included documents, coins and other artifacts described by state official William Galvin as symbols of the great hope of colonial Americans as they pursued and gained independence from British rule. Items in the corroded metal box included a 17th-century shilling struck by colonists in defiance of British authorities. It also contained a copper medal depicting the first U.S. president, George Washington; historical newspapers, and a silver plate made by the silversmith Paul Revere. Galvin said the artifacts found beneath the State House late last year will most likely be displayed at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts before eventually being reburied with additional modern-day items. The capsule was first buried under the cornerstone of Massachusetts' 18-century State House building, a Boston landmark covered by a Revere-built gilded copper dome, on July 4, 1795. That ceremony marked the 20th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. At the time of the burial, Samuel Adams was governor of the state with Revere a living icon best known for warning colonial fighters about the approach of British forces ahead of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The battles were the first military engagements of the 1775 to 1783 war. Authorities were found to have transferred the contents of the original cowhide capsule to a copper box in 1855. That box was discovered in December during a State House construction project. |
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Gunmen in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, have kidnapped a prominent teenage AIDS activist. Eighteen-year-old Keren Dunaway Gonzalez was kidnapped Tuesday with her mother near the offices of the Llaves Foundation, which helps children with AIDS. The mother, Rosa González, a United Nations ambassador for children with the disease, was freed, but Ms. Dunaway remained captive. A Llaves spokeswoman said Ms. Dunaway is HIV positive and must be let go so she can take the treatments necessary to prevent infections. The kidnappers have yet to demand a ransom. Ms. Dunaway has spoken at international AIDS conferences and also runs a magazine and radio show for HIV-positive children. Honduras is one of the world's most violent countries, plagued by gang wars, drug traffickers and poverty. Orthodox Christians mark Christmas By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Worshippers across the Orthodox Christian world have begun Christmas celebrations, with clergy in Bethlehem, Cairo, Moscow, Kyiv and other Eastern Christian communities commemorating the biblical birth of Jesus. In Bethlehem, which braced for a rare snowstorm, Syria's Orthodox archbishop joined his Greek and Coptic Orthodox counterparts for religious services at the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian officials also were slated to attend Midnight Mass officiated by Jerusalem's Patriarch Theophilus. In Moscow, worshippers braved bone-chilling temperatures of minus 25 degrees C to attend midnight Mass at Christ the Savior Cathedral. Elsewhere, the head of Ukraine's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Filaret, prayed for peace at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in central Kyiv. Ahead of the service, President Petro Poroshenko delivered a nationally televised address urging Ukrainians to pray for troops battling pro-Russian separatists near the Russian border. Today is Christmas day for Orthodox Christians in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia. The holiday also is commemorated in Syria, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Albania, Cyprus, Finland and by the Orthodox Church in America. The Assyrian and Ethiopian churches also celebrate Christmas on the seventh, according to the Julian calendar. |
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| From Page 7: Sportsfishing foundation sets up new fund By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Billfish Foundation has set up a fund to promote conservation work in Central America and primarily in Costa Rica, the organization said Tuesday. This is the sportsfishing organization that runs the Presidential Challenge Conservation Series tournaments. "We will continue our work through The Billfish Foundation to protect the sport fishing industry throughout Central America, said Joan Vernon, the director of the Billfish Foundation. "Contributions to this fund are tax deductible and will only be used for conservation work in Central America." She said that the organization faces tough economic times, especially in Central America. In order to help promote sportsfishing in Guanacaste, the Presidential Papagayo Cup tournament will remain on the schedule but with some changes to promote participation, she said. Costa Rica "continues to be hard-hit by a combination of commercial overfishing and political pressure on misguided quasi-conservation measures by some 'green' groups so we need to make sure anglers are well-represented at the highest levels," she said of the fund. |
