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'Tis the
season to enjoy the Gordo
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The chances of winning are remote, but the tradition is to sit in front of the television on a December evening watching the balls fall that give the numbers for the Gordo, the fat Christmas lottery. Then the tradition is to crumble up the lottery tickets and have another beer. Statisticians will do belly laughs when they figure the chances of winning and the payback from the Gordo. Sure, four or more persons next Dec. 14 will win 1.4 billion colons. That's about $2.6 million and the Internal Revenue Service may never know. Lottery winnings are not taxed in Costa Rica. The catch is that to win the big money, a lottery player has to buy a full sheet or entero of 40 ticket pieces. That's 70,000 colons this year. Most Costa Ricans have a handful of pieces, each worth 1,750 colons, bearing various numbers when the drawing is held. Sometimes communities share in the winnings. Many have their special number. The tickets went on sale Wednesday. The Junta de Proteción Social, which puts on the lottery, takes a large chunk off the top for various social programs. So a gambler has better odds at the local casino or with the illegal lotteries that can be found in many areas of the country. The winner of the Gordo has to have five numbers correctly distributed as a three-digit serial and two additional digits. Tourism chamber says bill will hurt sector By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The national tourism chamber is raising the alarm about a proposed law that would cut in half the money available to promote the country. The Cámara Nacional de Turismo said that a bill is in the legislative hopper that would give half the money raised by a tax on airline tickets to the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, Right now, the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo gets the full $15 levied on air tickets purchased outside the county. The chamber said it wanted the legislative Comisión de Ambiente to dump the measure, which is No. 18.251. If the bill passes, the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación would be instructed to use its share of the money for purchasing or expropriating land for national parks. Agents detain eight in prostitution case By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Eight men and a woman have been detained in a case involving prostitution of minors. The Judicial Investigating Organization said the men range in age from 54 to 72. The arrests were in the community of Los Santos. The woman, 27, was arrested last week on the allegation that she was pimping a girl, 14, and another, 16, who lived in her home. Agents then began rounding up the customers, who paid from 10,000 to 20,000 colons for the sexual services, agents said. That's about $18.50 to $37. Little Theatre Group plans mystery dinner By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Little Theatre Group plans a mystery evening Nov. 1. The group said that the upcoming Halloween event, “Come Dine On Me,” is "an interactive murder mystery featuring well known psychopath, Hannibal Spectre." The 6:30 p.m. event is limited to 60 persons, and they are invited to come as their favorite Halloween character. Tickets are 16,000 colons a person and this includes dinner at a local restaurant. Reservations can be made at 8858-1446 or by contact the group's Web page: littletheatregroup.org/reservations.html Train kills female pedestrian By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Judicial investigators said that a 41-year-old woman with the last name of Fonseca died in Hospital Calderón Guardia after being struck by a Heredia-San José train about 3 p.m. Tuesday in Barrio Aranjuez. The woman is believed to live in one of the homes along the tracks and was walking on the right-of-way.
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An elaborate metate and a mano
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An inspector seeking information about illegal tree cutting found that an expat couple in Piedades de Santa Ana had more than 70 pre-Columbian archaeological piece, some of them museum quality. The pieces were confiscated Wednesday and placed in the custody of the Museo Nacional. Costa Rican law requires this, but many homes have similar collections. The Poder Judicial identified the couple by the last name of Van Wilpe. They were reported to be Dutch. The collection included 10 examples of metates, stone devices that are designed to grind corn. Some are very elaborate, and they also were used as grave goods. There were a lot of ceramics confiscated. Although museum workers said that the metates could bring a |
six-figure
price on the international market, there was no indiction that the
couple planned to sell any. The museum officials said that experts
would evaluate the pieces and verify their pre-Columbian origin. A lot of elaborate pieces are modern duplicates. The Poder Judicial said that a proposed housing development was being put in and some trees were cut, which is why the inspector showed up at the home Oct. 14. In one well publicized confiscation of archaeological items, museum officials had to return them because the owners proved that their possession predated the Ley sobre Patrimonio Nacional Arqueológico. The law against possessing such pieces carries a prison penalty, but it is enforced irregularly. Some excellent ceramics and other pieces can be found at the Sunday flea market, most likely the result of a burglary of an upscale home. |
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Costa Rica has more than 3,500 kilometers of coastline, so the topic of rising sea levels is a crucial one. The national emergency commission is seeking to establish a common agenda with the leaders of the 14 municipalities that would be the most affected by sea level rise. There are predictions that the sea level will rise more than a meter by 2100. In addition, a strong offshore earthquake could generate a tsunami. The emergency commission said that at least 100,000 persons live in the 200-meter strip along the coast where they might be affected. Many of these persons and their structures are directly involved in the tourism trade. The Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de |
Emergencias
will be on the front line if some form of rapid disaster
takes place. Sea-level rise is a fact and has been since the end of the last ice age 12,000 year ago. The Gulf of Nicoya used to be the plains of Nicoya, and the western coast of Florida stretched out almost 200 more miles than it does today. Regional officials in the northwestern United States have said they are considering the erection of a tsunami barrier to protect inland area from flooding in the event of a major offshore earthquake. In addition, some architects are creating what they call tsunami-proof homes. Costa Rica has not gotten that far yet, but the offshore faults have the capacity for tsunamis. Presumably these are some of the topics that the emergency commission will be considering in future meetings. |
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The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to stop the spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or MDR-TB. While the agency’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2014 finds a steady decline in the number of TB cases globally, it warns MDR-TB is increasing at an alarming rate. New estimates show 9 million people developed tuberculosis last year, and 1.5 million died, including 360,000 people who were HIV positive TB is a preventable and curable disease. The World Health Organization says people should not lose heart, though, as important inroads are being made to get on top of this deadly disease. The report says mortality rates have fallen by 45 percent since 1990 and the number of new cases is declining by an average of 1.5 percent a year. The director of agency's Global TB Program, Mario Raviglione, said an estimated 37 million lives have been saved through effective diagnosis and treatment of TB since 2000. Unfortunately, he said this good news has to be balanced with the bad news that the global multi-drug resistant crisis continues and is getting worse. “There are now around 480,000 MDR-TB cases estimated to have occurred in 2013. And as you know, MDR-TB is a form of tuberculosis that is resistant to at least the first two key drugs against tuberculosis," said Raviglione. "When you have this situation, then the treatment changes. It becomes much more complicated, much longer, two years rather than six months, much more expensive, much more difficult to follow and much richer, if you like, of side-effects.” The report notes MDR-TB constitutes about 3.5 percent of all people who developed tuberculoses in 2013. It says Central Asia and former Soviet Union countries are the hardest hit regions. It says some |
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Belarus and Moldova, are reporting up to 35 percent of new cases of
MDR-TB. Furthermore, it says extensively drug-resistant TB, which is even costlier and harder to treat than MDR-TB, is reported in 100 countries. Raviglione said there is no crisis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa. “In terms of MDR-TB, the situation in Africa is probably one of the best in the world. And, this is probably due to the fact they have not used so far an enormous amount of second-line drugs, which, for instance is not the case in the former Soviet Union where there was access to these drugs," he said. "So, that is how you develop resistance. You expose the patient to a drug without having the proper regimen and you develop resistance to that drug. And, to the fact that national programs in Africa have always worked in a very reasonable way-adopting the standards that have been promoted by WHO for many years,” said Raviglione. Raviglione cautioned there are signs of MDR-TB growing in some parts of Africa, however, especially in the southern cone. For instance, he noted evidence in Botswana of an explosive co-epidemic of HIV linked with multi-drug resistant TB. He said these levels have gone up quite quickly in the past few years. He warns that Africa could face huge problems in the future if the two epidemics of HIV and multi-drug resistant TB join forces, as happened with normal tuberculosis. World Health reports more than 1 million of the 9 million new cases of TB in 2013 were among HIV-positive people, with four out of five cases and deaths occurring in the African region. |
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| Canada's prime minister spurns terrorist intimidation By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Canada's prime minister said his country will never be intimidated by terrorists after a gunman killed a soldier in Ottawa and then stormed Parliament before he was shot dead. In a televised address Wednesday evening, Stephen Harper said Wednesday's attack, along with another incident this week that led to a soldier's death, are grim reminders that Canada is not immune to terrorism. The prime minister spoke hours after dozens of gunshots rang out in Canada's parliament buildings in Ottawa when a gunman shot and killed a soldier guarding the nearby Canadian National War Memorial Little is known about the assailant, identified as 32-year-old ex-convict Michael Zehaf-Bibeau who was fatally shot. Witnesses to the attack at the memorial say the gunman appeared to raise his arms in triumph before entering Canada’s Parliament where dozens of shots soon rang out. According to those present, many fled the complex by scrambling down scaffolding erected for renovations, while others took cover inside and barricaded doors with chairs as police with rifles and body armor took up positions outside and cordoned off the normally bustling streets around Parliament. On Twitter, Canada's justice minister and other government officials credited 58-year-old sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers with shooting the attacker just outside the lawmakers' caucus rooms. Vickers serves a largely ceremonial role at the House of Commons, carrying a scepter and wearing rich green robes, white gloves and a tall imperial hat. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, appeared to link the attack to Canada's participation in the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State group. Earlier this week an Islamic convert in a car ran down two Canadian soldiers, killing one, near Montreal President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Prime Minister Harper after Wednesday's attacks and said it was important for U.S. and Canadian counterterrorism authorities to continue working in sync. Obama condemned the attacks on Canadian forces, and offered any U.S. assistance Canada needs in responding to the situation to the prime minister. Obama said the U.S. is monitoring the Canadian situation and will do everything it can to protect the American people. The shooting rampage forced Harper to cancel planned appearances with 17-year-old Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Harper was scheduled to award Ms. Yousafzai an honorary Canadian citizenship at a downtown Toronto hotel. Harper also was scheduled to announce a funding commitment for the Global Partnership for Education, an organization whose work Ms. Yousafzai strongly supports. Ms. Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for supporting schooling for girls. Blackwater security guards convicted in murder case By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
A U.S. jury has found four former Blackwater security guards guilty in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad. Nicholas Slatten was found guilty of first-degree murder. The three other three guards, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The jury has reached verdicts on only part of the 33 charges related to the shootings. The jury is expected to continue deliberating on the other counts. The trial focused on the killings of 14 Iraqis and the wounding of 17 others. The Sept. 16, 2007, shootings caused an international uproar over the role of defense contractors in urban warfare. The State Department hired Blackwater to protect American diplomats in Iraq. Blackwater convoys of four heavily armored vehicles operated in risky environments where car bombs and attacks by insurgents were common. The defendants' lawyers said there was strong evidence the guards were targeted with gunfire from insurgents and Iraqi police, leading the guards to shoot back in self-defense. Federal prosecutors said there was no incoming gunfire and the shootings by the guards were unprovoked. One of the government witnesses, Blackwater guard Jeremy Ridgeway, pleaded guilty to killing one woman during the shooting. The maximum sentence for conviction of first-degree murder is life imprisonment. Africans from ebola areas told to self report in U.S. By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
U.S. federal health authorities are ordering travelers from three West African countries to monitor their health for 21 days and report daily for any signs of ebola. The visitors would be from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. The monitoring program will start Monday in six eastern states where the majority of those travelers would visit, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The travelers will be given an ebola kit when they arrive at airports, including a thermometer. Officials say 21 days represent the maximum incubation period for ebola. Wednesday, President Barack Obama held his first official meeting with his new ebola czar, Ron Klain. His job is to coordinate anti-ebola efforts of multiple U.S. government agencies and aid groups. After the talks, Obama said the Centers for Disease Control are working to make sure every American hospital has a plan to handle any ebola case, so that the mistakes made in Dallas are not repeated. Two nurses who treated a Liberian patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, at the Dallas hospital contracted the disease when precise procedures to protect them apparently were not followed. One nurse is hospitalized outside Washington. The other is in Atlanta. While in Liberia, a fresh contingent of Cuban doctors and nurses arrived Wednesday to help to fight the worst outbreak of the deadly ebola virus on record alongside a U.S. military mission deploying in the West Africa country. The 83 doctors and nurses are the latest group of Cuban medical professionals sent to West Africa through an agreement with the World Health Organization. The first group of 165 doctors and nurses deployed to Sierra Leone at the start of October and another group of around 40 medical staffers was due to arrive in neighboring Guinea Wednesday. Meanwhile, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa could be contained within four to six months if the right steps are followed. Elhadj As Sy told reporters Wednesday in China that the time frame was possible with good isolation and treatment for those with confirmed cases of ebola, along with proper burials for those who died from the virus. His comments come as the World Health Organization convenes a meeting of its Emergency Committee on Ebola to discuss the latest developments in the outbreak and whether to alter its recommendations. The talks are expected to take one or two days. U.S. drug company Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it was working with Danish health company Bavarian Nordic to develop an ebola vaccine that was projected to begin safety testing in January. Johnson & Johnson said the vaccine would be delivered in two doses, two months apart. The company said it was spending up to $200 million to accelerate and expand its ebola research. It said it hoped to have vaccine doses ready for broad clinical trials by mid-2015. Tuesday, World Health said that an experimental ebola vaccine could be in use by January. Nebraska Medical Center officials said American video journalist Ashoka Mukpo had recovered from ebola and was released around 9 a.m. Wednesday from the hospital's biocontainment unit. In a statement read at a news conference later, Mukpo said, in part: “Today is a joyful day.” The hospital said Tuesday that Mukpo's blood tested negative for the virus. He had arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Oct. 6 and was the second ebola patient to be treated there. The first, Rick Sacra, has also recovered. Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have been the hardest hit by the ebola outbreak, with more than 9,100 cases. U.S. Homeland Security officials are requiring all U.S.-bound travelers from those three countries to arrive through one of five U.S. airports with enhanced ebola screening. The airports are in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Washington and Newark, New Jersey. Ninety-four percent of travelers coming to the U.S. from those three countries arrive at these airports even during normal conditions. Another fence jumper enters the grounds of White House By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
For the second time in a little more than a month, a man has jumped the White House fence, but this time the intruder was apprehended with the help of Secret Service dogs. The jumper was caught Wednesday evening outside the White House after he scaled the north fence. A Secret Service spokesman said the suspect kicked at one of the dogs before a second dog subdued him. The jumper was then taken to a nearby hospital. The White House was put on lockdown during the incident. Sept. 19, Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Army vet who is unemployed and homeless, bolted across the lawn and into the White House before being apprehended. He had a 9-centimeter knife in his pants and more than 800 rounds of ammunition, two hatchets and a machete in his car. The unprecedented security breach led to congressional hearings and the resignation of Julia Pierson as Secret Service director. Autopsy generally supports cop in Ferguson shooting By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Following months of protests against excessive force by police in Ferguson, Missouri, a review of the official autopsy report says Michael Brown was shot at close range and did not have his arms raised in surrender at the time. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper obtained the St. Louis County medical examiner's autopsy and an accompanying toxicology report that shows the 18-year-old Brown had used marijuana. The newspaper reported medical examiner Michael Graham and another pathologist not involved in the investigation reviewed the report and said it indicates Brown may have been reaching for Officer Darren Wilson’s weapon. Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands raised when Wilson approached with his weapon and fired repeatedly. But the autopsy review indicates Brown's wounds were consistent with Wilson’s reported claim that he and Brown struggled inside his police car. The examination “does support that there was a significant altercation at the car,” Graham said. Medical examiner's office administrator Suzanne McCune confirmed the posted information was accurate, but said her office will not officially release the documents until the investigation is complete. The newspaper did not say where it obtained the documents. Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump told The Associated Press on Wednesday the autopsy offers no insight into why Wilson killed Brown. Brown has had three autopsies. The Post-Dispatch obtained the official autopsy released to prosecutors, but not the public, for its latest story. A private autopsy done at the behest of Brown’s family, discussed in detail at an August press conference largely agreed with the official autopsy, but said Brown had not been shot at close range. A third autopsy, the results of which have not been released or leaked, was performed by the U.S. Justice Department. Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon appointed a special commission to look at how the region can move forward after the concerns raised by the shooting and its aftermath. Latino vote seen as pivotal in some federal elections By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
U.S. citizens of Latin American descent, or Latinos, could play an important role in the midterm elections Nov. 4, when Americans vote for members of the U.S. House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and other state and local officials around the country. In states like California, Latinos are a core constituency for Democrats, but both parties face a challenge in getting their vote. Latino activists signed up new voters at a citizenship ceremony, targeting newly minted U.S. citizens like Roberto Hernandez. He registered as a voter with help from his son Jose, who is already a citizen and a voter. Hernandez wants a bigger voice and better things for the millions of undocumented residents of the country. "Give them an opportunity," he said. "No discrimination. We should all be treated equal.” In 2008 and 2012, many Latinos pinned their hopes on President Barack Obama, a Democrat who promised comprehensive immigration reform. However, the president ran into strong opposition from congressional Republicans who are demanding a secure border and also oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants Latino activists, who are mostly Democrats, are disappointed and angry. They question what President Obama has done on immigration reform. In a news conference, activists from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles asked,“What has President Obama done? Nothing....” They highlighted the plight of Latino families with some members who are citizens and others undocumented. Lauren Diegues, whose grandfather and uncle face deportation, is a citizen and voter and says she's unhappy with the president. “I am," she said, "because now that I lived it, now I know how other families feel.” Dean Bonner of the Public Policy Institute of California, a non-partisan research group, says California Hispanics tend to be Democrats, with smaller numbers of Republicans and independents. But he says California Hispanics, regardless of party affiliation, are evenly divided among conservative, liberal and centrist voters. He says President Obama's popularity is dropping across the board, and that could hurt Democrats in the election. “We have been seeing a steady erosion of his approval among Latinos," he said. "While three in four right before the election in 2012 were approving of his job performance, today that number is 50 percent.” Activists who represent Hispanics, those whose origins are from Spanish-speaking countries, say voters respond to politicians who address their concerns, including the economy, education, health care and immigration. Hector Barreto of the Hispanic Business Roundtable Institute says Latinos could swing the results in many states. “Colorado, for example, has a large Hispanic population, North Carolina has, even Arkansas has an Hispanic population," he said. "So neither one of those two parties can take those for granted, and Hispanics will continue to play a pivotal role in every election, whether that be a local, state or national, whether it be mid-term or presidential.” Hispanic voters were just 8 percent of the electorate two years ago, when fewer than half of the eligible Hispanics actually voted. Activists are working to boost turnout this time by registering new voters and urging them to vote. |
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A Romanian princess who ran a cockfighting business from her U.S. home was sentenced to three years’ probation Wednesday and ordered to pay a large fine. The woman, Irina Walker, the third daughter of former Romanian King Michael I, pleaded guilty along with her husband to hosting the regular gambling events for at least a year, sometimes making $2,000 a day. In cockfighting, roosters are often strapped with knives or razor blades and set loose in a ring to battle each other, often to the death. Spectators bet on which animal will survive. According to court documents, at least a dozen people helped the Walkers organize the fights on the couple's ranch in the northwestern state of Oregon until their arrest in 2013. As part of the plea deal, the couple must sell their farm and pay $200,000 to the government. The 61-year-old princess was born after her father was forced to abdicate by Communists in 1947. King Michael is one of the only living heads of state from World War II. Tesco reports a $422 million glitch By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
The head of British retail giant Tesco says he will step down following the revelation of a $422 million accounting discrepancy. An interim earnings report released Thursday included the news that Chairman Richard Broadbent will leave the company after a three-year tenure. No specific date was given for his resignation. "A new management team is in place to address the root causes of the misstatement and to develop and implement the actions that will build the company’s future," Broadbent said in the statement posted to the Tesco Web site. "I am confident that the new chief executive and chief financial officer will move rapidly and effectively in this respect." Tesco, the world's third biggest supermarket group, revealed last month that its profits during the first half of 2014 were overstated by an estimated $401 million. A subsequent accounting audit showed the figure to be even higher. Shark fins found in boat off Quepos By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas says it located a boat, the Doña Inés, off Quepos early Wednesday that carried 70 shark fins. The boat captain was detained because shark finning is illegal. But it is profitable. |
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Italian investors are seeking a free trade zone in Sardinal that eventually will contain a European Union quality slaughter house to process 28,000 head of cattle a year and produce 7,000 tons of beef. One of the investors, Máximo Cataldi, met with lawmakers Wednesday to outline the project's three stages. The first stage, said a summary provided by the Asamblea Legislative, is a research project to study the raising of Brahman cattle in Costa Rica and the possibilities of international sales. The investor met with Marta Arauz and Juan Marín Quirós Wednesday. They represent Guanacaste. The project will be presented to the Comisión Legislativa de Guanacaste Nov. 18. Marín was reported to be enthusiastic because the project will bring work to the area and also make use of Daniel Oduber airport for shipping. |
