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while working in real estate By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Investigators have located another U.S. fugitive working as a real estate broker on the Pacific coast. He was identified as Dean Albert Clark, 55, who is wanted
Investigators said he was the operator of a firm that rented vacation homes in Nevada County, California, near Tahoe National Forest. A colleague has surrendered on the charge and is awaiting judicial action, investigators said. The basic allegation is that Clark rented out the homes of clients and never gave them the money generated by the rental, said investigators, citing a summary of the California charge. The amount involved is about $150,000, they said. Investigators said they had been looking for Clark in various towns on the central Pacific coast and finally found him working in a real estate office. He was taken to San José for judicial action. Working as a real estate broker or salesman seems to be a frequent job choice of U.S. fugitives. Last December agents and immigration officers arrested a U.S. citizen, Charles Edward Boy Vance, 41, who was wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in Jacó. He had been working for six months there as a real estate salesman, they said. He was arrested inside the real estate company, agents said. He faced charges in the U.S. State of Minnesota of robbery, assault, and drug trafficking, said the International Police Agency. In December 2005 agents detained a convicted sexual predator fleeing a 30-year prison sentence who had been working in Flamingo as a real estate salesman. He was James A. Colwell, 65, who entered Costa Rica in January 2004. Many U.S. citizens are hired illegally in the real estate business, in part because of their English-language abilities. In some cases the photos and information about the fugitives are easily available on the Internet, but they still manage to be hired. Wide selection of pieces anticipated at Sunday concert By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A wind and horn ensemble will play a concert Saturday in the Teatro Nacional in San Jose at 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Ministerio de Culture y Juventud, in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de la Música and the Instituto Nacional de la Música. Jorge Rodríguez will direct the wind ensemble, while Miguel Peña will direct the horns. The Ensamble de Vientos will play a wide selection of pieces composed for a woodwind orchestra, from Czech composer Josef Myslìvecek's Baroque classic “Wind Octet No. 1,” to French composer Louis Theodore Gouvy's more modern piece, “Petite Suite Gauloise No. 90.” Those who go should look for a new spin on a Latin American classic, as the ensemble interprets Vinicio Meza's “Compadre Pedro Juan,” originally a popular, folksy merengue tune but rearranged by Meza for orchestral performances. The Banda Sinfonica Intermedia will also tackle a versatile range of scores, including M. Mussorsky's “Procession of Princes and Priests” from the opera “Mlada” and, for the movie lovers, a melody of John Williams' film scores, arranged by Paul Lavender. Those interested can call (506) 2221-5341, 2221-5103 and 2221-1329 (ext. 214) for information about tickets. Tickets will also be sold at the box office the day of the concert, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission seats are 2,000 colons or about $3.65. Another warehouse store planned for Alajuela By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
PriceSmart Inc. said this week that it will build a fifth warehouse club store in Costa Rica and also jointly develop an adjacent commercial center. The exact location was not given, but the company said it purchased 21,576 square meters (5.3 acres) of real estate in Alajuela and expects to open the new story and commercial center in the spring of 2009. Walk planned against cancer By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Organizations fighting cancer will hold a walk Saturday from the Parque la Merced on Avenida Secunda to La Sabana, starting at 10 a.m. The event was announced by the Fundación Dra. Anna Gabriela Ross. Other organizations also are expected to participate, including the Instituto Costarricense Contra el Cáncer, the Asociación Limonense de Lucha Contra el Cáncer and the Asociación Costarricense de Sobrevivientes de Cáncer de Próstata, among others. The purpose is to raise public awareness, the foundation said. There are musical events scheduled in La Sabana.
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Major mountain bike race is
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Organizers are expecting up to 800 participants Saturday in the 10th edition of the Vuelta de la Soledad mountain bike race. The start and finish is in Playa Sámara. The races will leave the coast and ascend to the mountains. From a staggered 8 a.m. start racers will go from Sámara to Puerto Carrillo to Santa Marta to Le Soledad to Pueblo Nuevo, then back to Santa Marta in the mountains and then back to Carrillo and Sámara along the coast. There is a change in elevation of about 300 meters (nearly 1,000 feet) three times during the course of the |
90-kilometer (57-mile) race,
organizers said. Organizers have set up 12 different categories, from professionals to those aged 65 or more, with winners seeking their share of some 2 million colons in prize money, about $3,600. There is an additional juvenile race Sunday. The participants will be in teams of two, and scoring will be based on the times of both team members. Playa Sámara is on the Pacific coast of the Nicoya Peninsula. |
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Two woman detained as
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Judicial investigators detained two women Thursday to face allegations that they were instrumental in an abortion in which a 16-year-old died. The women were detained in Urbanizaciones Cuatro Reinas de Tibás and Pacuare Nuevo de Limón. Both are in their early 40s. The Tibás woman is believed to be the girl's mother. Abortion is not legal in Costa Rica, and the exact allegation in this case is abortion without the consent of the individual because of the victim's age. |
The teen died in March 2007.
Investigators say they did not fully
understand why until an autopsy report much later showed that the girl
suffered from a
fatal infection. Investigators said that the infection was the product of the abortion, although it seems that the girl was given medication to initiate the process. There may be other suspects sought, said a spokesperson for the Judicial Investigating Organization. The girl, whose name was not disclosed, was taken to Limón for the abortion, the spokesperson said, adding that she did not receive any medical attention at all. |
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Saturday at 9:30 in the morning there was a lot going on on the third
floor of the Holiday Inn in downtown San José. In one room
people were sitting around tables filling out forms that would be
absentee ballots to vote for their choice for president and other
candidates for office in the United States. In another room there
was a non-partisan party going on of those who had voted. In the
hallway there was a line of probably 15 persons waiting to get into the
first room. That line was still 15 persons long (different people) when I left a little before noon. All in all, Pat and Willy Piessens and their helpers assisted 260 people in sending their votes to the right places in the U.S. The votes should get there safely because the U.S. Embassy notary public, Carol Vargas, took them all to the embassy where they will be sent via diplomatic mail. All in all, it was a great morning with lots of animated conversation and no fist fights — not even voices raised, except in laughter. Democrats Abroad was able to pay for everything involved in facilitating the voting by holding a fundraiser with the Little Theatre Group of Costa Rica. Sponsoring one of their shows is a great and easy way to raise money. I respectfully disagree with the comments in the article in this newspaper Thursday regarding the fleeing Democrats should John McCain and Sarah Palin win.* They – the Democrats -- won’t have time to brood. They will be too busy, not just growing their organic gardens but planting thousands of trees, learning about eco tourism and conservation and starting recycling projects, as well as volunteering in all sorts of nonprofit organizations. I won’t presume to speak for the Republicans, but I am sure they will enjoy those parts of Costa Rica that have not been socialized, as they watch from afar while the U.S. financially endures eight years similar to what it experienced during the last Democratic presidency. Later that day I went to a charades party. Another emissary from the U.S Embassy was there. Well, I don’t know where Mel actually works. He was bringing a message from the consulate. Essentially he was saying that we should register with the embassy. (not to vote, |
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Taxi operators get a 50-colon
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Higher taxi fares go into effect Thursday if the plans of the price regulating agency are accurate. The agency has authorized a 50-colon-a-kilometer increase for taxi companies, short of the 85-colon increase the national taxi cooperative wanted. The raise, 50 colons, is just nine U.S. cents. Even the 85-colon increase sought by the Federación Nacional de Cooperativas de Taxi is just 15.5 cents. Taxi drivers are among the groups that have been hard hit by the increases in the price of fuel and other petroleum-related products. They also are unhappy that they have to take their vehicles to inspection twice a year, and there always is a major mechanical problem to be fixed because of the state of the nation's highways. |
The last time taxi drivers got a
raise, it was just 3 percent April 21. The Authoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos said it planned to announce the increase in the La Gaceta official newspaper of Oct. 9. The publication date is when the new rate would go into effect. Upon publication of the new rates, taxi passengers will pay 470 (85.5 cents) instead of 420 (76.5 cents) for the first kilometer traveled. Rural taxis will charge the same rate for subsequent kilometers. Urban taxis will charge 430 colons for each additional kilometers (some 78.2 cents), instead of the current 380 colons or 69 cents. Taxis designed for the disabled with ramps and lifts will be able to charge a few cents more. All taxis are supposed to have meters that change for fractions of kilometers, too. |
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U.N. rights commissioner
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By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
The new U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, is calling on governments to stop the arbitrary and unlawful detention of their citizens. Ms. Pillay is launching a United Nations initiative to abolish this illegal practice and to highlight the plight of millions of people around the world who suffer unjust imprisonment and systematic violation of their human rights. Ms. Pillay says arbitrary arrest and unlawful imprisonment are widespread and global. She says problems relating to detention exist in almost all countries. But, while unlawful detentions have been going on for a long time, she says they have been made worse in recent years by the so-called war on terrorism. "Many more individuals have been placed in detention as a result of these anti-terrorism initiatives by governments in many parts of the world," said Ms. Pillay. "So, the trend in new anti-terrorism legislation in some countries appears to allow the police to detain people for longer and longer periods prior to their being charged." In the past, people normally were detained without charge for 48 hours. Now, they often are held incommunicado for months without charge, making them more vulnerable to torture. Ms.. Pillay, who grew up in South Africa, says she attaches |
great
importance to the rights of all detainees to have their cases reviewed
by an independent and impartial tribunal. She says she is concerned
that the human and legal rights of hundreds of suspected terrorists
detained by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay are being
trampled. But, the high commissioner said she welcomes the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court confirming the constitutional right of habeas corpus for detainees in Guantanamo. Habeas Corpus places the burden of proof on those detaining the person to justify the detention. While Guantanamo commands headline news, Ms. Pillay says it must not be forgotten that millions of people around the world suffer unjust imprisonment, or unjust treatment in prison. "Every day around the world, there are hundreds of new cases of men, women and children being placed in detention, when they should not be - sometimes in quite inhumane conditions," she added. The U.N. high commissioner says people are detained for political reasons or because they are immigrants and asylum seekers. She says the poor, the disabled, orphans, women who are trafficked and sexually abused are frequently imprisoned. She says the initiative her office is launching aims to shine the light on these forgotten victims of abuse and promote their cause for justice. |
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in Alajuelita stickup By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Four thugs ruffled some feathers when they robbed a chicken-delivery truck with a pair of fake guns, but four suspects were captured by the Fuerza Pública at Alajuelita shortly afterwards. The four men jumped the chicken truck outside of Alajuelita early Wednesday, brandishing one .38 caliber rifle and two toy guns. They escaped with approximately two million colons, about $3,660. Police were alerted through a phone call, and confronted the four suspects at 10:20 a.m., only several meters from where the robbery took place. They were identified by the last names of Haens, Rojas, Salazar and Guevara. They are between 18 and 25 years of age. The four suspects also are being investigated in the robbery of 19 firearms and two shotguns from another delivery truck belonging to a business based in La Uruca, officials said. Two remote communities are hooked up by satellite By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The telecommunications monopoly has installed antennas that allow two remote communities to have access to fixed telephones and the Internet via satellite. The communities are Cabo Blanco de Limón and Shiroles de Talamanca, said the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. The antennas each measure about 1.8 meters in diameter, about six feet. The cost including installation was about $80,000 the company said. The company has plans to install some 40 such antennas before the end of the year in other remote communities. In addition to the use by residents, the telephone company said that the devices will be used to provide communications to government, banks and health workers. Quake hits near Cóbano By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
An earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 4.6 took place about 4:26 p.m. Thursday at the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, according to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica. The earthquake observatory, which is affiliated with the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, said that the quake was felt in Cóbano Central, Esparza, Paquera and Jacó across the Gulf of Nicoya. The location was given as 7 kilometers south of Cóbano. That's about 4.5 miles. |
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