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The
lead mono-hulled Safran
Lead boat Safran
due
in Limón within 24 hours By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The lead boat in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Safran, was about 240 miles from the finish in Limón. Based on the craft's speed of 13 knots, arrival should be sometime late Monday or early Tuesday. The boat's captain, Marc Guillemot, said he and his colleague Charles Caudrelier felt relieved because they had a significant lead on the no. 2 boat, Groupe Bel. Also close to the leader is the multi-hulled Multi 50 Crepes Whaou! Safran is a mono-hull and competes in a different class, but there always is interest in the battle between the mono- and multi-hulled boats. "The wind is getting lighter and so we need to make the maneuvers to balance up the boat for the lighter winds and so we have to move the kit around below," said Guillemot by radio early Monday. He estimated his arrival in Limón at 1:30 to 4 a.m. Tuesday, but it was not clear if he was speaking of local time. Costa Rica has invested more than $1 million in having the race finish here. The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo has invested 500,000 euros. That's about $740,000. Government agencies in the Limón area also have invested a similar amount, the tourism institute said. Much of the money went to construct docking facilities for the sailboats. 16 remain in the race. The race will terminate in Limón also in 2011, 2013 and 2015, the tourism board said. Officials hope to generate a return of 20 million euros or nearly $30 million. The tourism board has constructed a series of promotion stands near Muelle 70 where the boats will tie up. Various companies and organization will be demonstrating their wares. The tourism board expects a great number of tourists to see the race finish. Officials were hoping that the lead boat would arrive Sunday afternoon. The race is a true test of seamanship, although luck plays a role, too. The Hugo Boss had to find the nearest dock when it hit something floating in the Atlantic. In addition to the complex boat handling, the racers chart their own courses within the limitations of the rules in order to take advantage of the most favorable winds. So are there special permits for a Tyrannosaurus rex? By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Even dinosaurs need health permits and business licenses in Escazú. Municipal officials closed down an exhibit of a Tyrannosaurus rex for a time Friday because they said that the organizers did not have all the necessary permits. The replica of the giant lizard, nicknamed Sue, is being exhibited at the Centro Comercial Avenida Escazú. The municipality said that lawyers representing the exhibit showed up near the close of business Friday and obtained additional permits and paid additional money. Marco Segura Seco, the mayor, signed the papers permitting the exhibit to continue. The original Sue, named after discoverer Sue Hendrickson, is in the Field Museum in Chicago. It is said to be the most complete skeleton of the dinosaur ever found. It came from South Dakota. The creature lived some 85 million years ago. Nokia warns about chargers By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad said that Nokia cell phone chargers models AC - 3U, AC - 3E and acessories AC - 4U can lose their plastic top and leave electrical components exposed. The manufacturer is offering to make exchanges and has set up an explanatory Web site,
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The lawyer for a group of Saving Unlimited investors is asking the Corte Suprema de Justicia to step in and take action against Luis Milanes and his assets to protect her clients. In August the lawyer asked the nation's chief prosecutor, a judge and other prosecutors to put Luis Milanes in jail so he will not flee the country. But the lawyer was not satisfied with the response. Milanes is accused of fraud in the November 2002 collapse of his high-interest borrowing operation that was housed in Edificio Colón. He was a fugitive for six years. The lawyer also wanted a number of steps taken to insure that Milanes assets are safeguarded for possible distribution to her clients. She is María Elena Gamboa Rodríguez, who has been working with a small group of investors for years in an effort to get some of their money returned. Milanes served a day in jail when he returned form El Salvador to face the fraud charge. He appears to have made some agreement with Francisco Dall'Anesse, the chief prosecutor. Representative of the International Police Agency spotted Milanes as he was about to board a flight to San José. Ms. Gamboa noted in her August filing that the man was carrying a false Costa Rican passport. She also notes that he has a U.S. passport and an expired Cuban passport. He is a dual Cuban-U.S. citizen. In her filing, Ms. Gamboa asked that all the passports be confiscated to prevent Milanes from fleeing and that he be placed in jail. The filing reflects the frustration of the investors. Ms. Gamboa and other lawyers representing other small groups have been negotiating with Milanes representatives in an effort to come to some financial agreement. Milanes said June 19, 2008, shortly after he arrived in Costa Rica, that he was going to try to make a deal with his investors. However, the Milanes representatives are offering a very small percentage to pay off the investors, A.M. Costa Rica learned. At the time he arrived, a judge allowed Milanes to put up some holdings as a form of property bail. Ms. Gamboa questions the value of these properties and said that a judge released some property in exchange for property of lesser |
value. She wanted the court to put
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notation on all of the property
owned by Milanes to prevent its sale. This is a process at the Registro
Nacional which would tell someone looking at the records that the
property is involved in a court case. In addition, the lawyer seems to be going after the extensive holdings that Milanes has in the casino business. He runs at least the Tropical in the Hotel Morazán, the Royal Dutch and the Río in the Hotel Europa. She asked the prosecutors and judges to conduct what basically is a full audit of the Milanes holdings, including the Hotel Europa where he has one casino. She also said she would like to know from where the money came to purchase the casinos and the equipment. She suggested the money came from the funds Milanes took from her clients. She also noted in August that Milanes continues to live and conduct business here. And she said in the filing of some 18 pages that she fears Milanes is spending the money that should be returned to her clients. She asked the court and the prosecutors to notify all of those who have filed as victims in this case about what is taking place to see if they would join in the requests she has made. When Saving Unlimited folded, the estimate was that investors lost about $200 million. Ms. Gamboa estimated $100 million in her filing. She noted in the same filing that a former lawyer of Milanes went public after he quit and said that Milanes only was prepared to return $1 million to investors. She said it was absolutely necessary to stop Milanes from decimating the money that would be used to satisfy her clients and from enriching himself with the money he got from them. The lawyer also asked for an oral hearing to present her petition in more detail. It is unclear exactly when part or all of the petition was denied. Most procedural hearings are closed, and the judicial files are not public record. However, an investor said that the appeal was being made to the high court. Investors have been surprised at the easy treatment Milanes has faced since he returned. They note that two presidents were handcuffed and kept in jail for months. |
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The senate in Argentina has approved a bill that would eliminate prison terms for libel and slander. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas said that the action comes 10 years after the Argentine government signed an agreement with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights saying it would do so. Costa Rica also has been ordered by the Inter-American court to eliminate the criminal penalties for the crimes which are called injurias y calumnias in Spanish. The law mostly is applied against news reporters. The last conviction here was of a reporter for La Nación. The Inter-American court is based in San José. The chamber of deputies in Buenos Aires already had approved the bill, so all that is needed is a signature by President Cristina Fernández The Committee to Protect Journalists praised what the senate had done. “We commend Argentina’s authorities for passing this bill, which strikes down criminal sanctions for libel and slander,” said Carlos Lauría of the journalist advocacy organization. “It is an important step towards |
advancing free expression in
Argentina, and a landmark decision in the campaign to repeal
criminal defamation in the Americas.” Such crimes frequently are used as weapons against newspeople even when what they write is correct. In the Argentine case, an author, Eduardo Kimel, was convicted of the crime in 1995. He was sentenced to a year in jail and fined. His book is "La masacre de San Patricio," a report on murders of priests during the dictatorship in that country. A judge brought the case. The Inter-American court, which has jurisdiction in many countries by treaty, ordered that Kimel's sentence be thrown out. A measure in the Costa Rican Asamblea Legislativa has been in the hopper for eight years. Lawmakers are reluctant to move on it, in part, because the elimination of the criminal penalties would be an incentive to investigative reporting. In the United States libel and slander are usually civil matters, although a few states have a criminal libel law on their books that is used infrequently. |
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Furlong
Cape Haze, Florida Costa Rican L.A. consulate treats visitors badly, too Dear A.M. Costa Rica: I have heard all of these horror stories regarding people dealing with the U.S. Embassy here. I do feel there is real reason to be very upset with the way many things are handled. I know The Ticos feel like second class citizens when going to the embassy. They should at least be treated with dignity and respect. So my feelings go out for all that have gotten the run around or been mistreated. I would like to make it clear, this problem also occurs in the Costa Rican consulate in Los Angeles. The employees are very arrogant and give you the runaround as much as possible. Everyone in the office treated you worse if you spoke English and they even questioned me why I don't speak Spanish. I explained because I was in the United States and I prefer to speak English. I then went on in Spanish so they knew I was fluent enough in Spanish and I might be treated better. That was wishful thinking. Nothing is explained entirely so sometimes when you return with what you think is everything you need, there is something that you found was left out or not complete. They then look at you like you are some kind of idiot. I had one interesting encounter with the jefe (head guy) of the consulate, several years ago. I needed a timbre (a worthless little stamp) for a document to be approved. He quickly got out the little timbre put it on my document and asked me for $40. I said in Spanish why forty dollars? He responded, because that is what I am charging you. I said is that the standard price? He just repeated, that is what I am charging you. He knew he had me by the huevos. So I got out two twenties and handed it over to him. He then blatantly pulled his wallet out of his back pocket and put the two twenties in his own wallet. Then abruptly asked me to leave. So for those that get frustrated by the U.S. embassy, let it be known it happens in the Costa Rican consulates in the States, too. I am sure many of these employees get this feeling of power and use it abusively on the innocent public dealing with them. Henry
Kantrowitz
Punta Leona Rude embassy worker denies Tico visitor visa Dear A.M. Costa Rica: I was just reading the story of the person's whose wife was treated terribly at the U.S. Embassy trying to get an emergency visa to assist her injured husband and so this has prompted my memory of our experience. In July of 2006, my 83-year-old father was gravely ill in the States, hospitalized, my mother in a nursing home with Alzheimer's. I had already been there several times to be with them, and I was faced with taking care of their home, clearing it out as neither would be returning. My partner here, who is Tico, was going to come with me for two weeks to help me with what was needed. I also wanted him to meet my parents before they died. We had all the documents needed. We have a tourism business here. He has property, work and family here. He has no reason to remain in the U.S. All our ducks were in a row, so we thought as we waited in a four-hour line before the final interview. I went with him up until that final moment but was able to stand behind him at the window. He was quite nervous, but we were excited for the opportunity for him to come to the States despite the circumstances. An Asian woman was the interviewer. Her Spanish was limited, and he could only speak in Spanish to plead his case. This woman would not look through the documents, pushed them aside. She asked the reason for his going to the States. We also had letters of invitation for him to stay with my parents' neighbors. In less than two minutes she told him he had no reason to go to the States. Friends of my family were not friends of his and again there was no reason for him to go. He was denied. It was the way she did it. She was extremely rude, cut him off while he was talking, told him to stop talking. He was given a form and told he could reapply in a year. He was humiliated by the experience, by her manner of talking to him. Working with many Americans as tourists, he has always treated people extremely well. As an American, I was outraged and embarrassed by her treatment of him. People here would not consider treating another person like that. Even if he were to be denied, there should be some common courtesy and finesse of how to deal with those applying for a visa. This woman could care less how she treated people. How could this woman be our representative of the U.S.? Here we are in a country that welcomes tourists. People here will go to any length to assist Americans, others foreigners. I was reminded, too, that this woman is a foreigner living here. So I went alone to the States. Since that interview, both of my parents have since died. I was dealt with the huge task of fixing up and selling their home alone. It would have been great for him to have met them and to have helped me. My partner has yet to reapply, what is the point to again face this same kind of encounter and trauma. Would I ask for assistance from this embassy, never! Susan
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mate got a U.S. visa without any problems Dear A.M. Costa Rica: I have only been to the U.S. embassy here in Costa Rica once. I am a manager for a sportfishing boat here in the country. I am an American citizen. Myself and our first mate were invited by the owner who lives in Florida to come on a fishing trip with him in Florida. The mate and I went to see about getting a visa for him. He did not own a house or have a big bank account. We were asked a few questions and were treated very well. The mate received a 10-year visa. Certainly we can't be the only people who have had a good experience. Dennis
Evans Arnold
Quepos Tico consulate in Denver is rude and unhelpful Dear A.M. Costa Rica: I have read the letters about the rude and crude U.S. Embassy staff, and I am reminded of what happened to my wife here in Denver (U.S.A.). Three years ago (she was a greencard holder then) I wanted her to see Costa Rica and fall in love with it as I had. There was (probably still is) a local Costa Rican consulate office in Denver. I contacted them time and again and they were the most rude and unhelpful people I had ever come across. They told me that the online forms were not acceptable and that they will mail me a "special" form. It turned out to be the same form (except it was in black ink rather than in color)! It took repeated calls and four weeks to get this form. We filled it out and sent it in with copies of our airline tickets and other documents. When I didn't hear from them for two weeks (remember this is a local office so it can't be as busy as a single office in a country — at least thats what I assumed) I called them and talked to the wife (the husband was the officer and the wife ran the office). She would refuse to let me talk to anyone when I would call to find out what I needed to do. She finally told me (without looking at our file/papers) that we can not apply for a visa ahead of time — we have to apply within 30 days of our travel (I wanted to argue the stupidity of such a rule with the officer, but of course she didn't let me talk to her husband). I then waited and 31 days before our trip I called the office. They were closed. I called the Houston office, and no one answered the phone. I called the Washington, D.C., office and finally got hold of someone who would answer my questions. What I found out was even more bizarre but now jives with the bureaucratic nonsense that Costa Rica is full of. The woman did confirm the rule of 30 days (how the heck do you make airlines, hotel, car reservations if you have only 30 days to do it, and how do you ever find decent rates?) She also told me that we cannot send the application to Washington, D.C., or another office. But we have to go in person to get this visa. And that the Costa Rican office is closed for six weeks, and we will need to go to Houston (which would add $800 or more to this trip's cost) and that my wife cannot be issued the visa because she was flying to Costa Rica from Colombia and not U.S.A. (I, of course, wouldn't need a visa because of my U.S. citizenship). We wanted to attend her mother's birthday in Colombia first and then go to Costa Rica on our way back home. Those were the rules of the Costa Rican consulate - seemingly against their own kind (my wife is Colombian). I canceled our tickets, losing $600+ because of this and the rescheduling was only possible with higher priced tickets. I compared this to our visit to Panamá, Mexico and UK: no visa required for a greencard holder. They just stamped the passport giving her the same footing as a U.S. citizen. When I posted my anger about this on a Costa Rican Web site, most respondents told me "Tough, if you don't like it go elsewhere" or "You need to follow our rules not what's convenient to you" and other such comments. So, my wife and I have not set foot in Costa Rica since then. She is a U.S. citizen now and doesn't need to deal with such idiots as were in the Denver office. But the bad taste left in our mouths lingers and the horrible state of Costa Rica (crime and prices) has made our choice to visit other countries (Panamá, Mexico, Colombia etc.). It has been a lot more fun and convenient and we may move and settle in another country. Some day when the crime is down in Costa Rica, we may visit Costa Rica, but for now we are staying away. Raman
Jalota
Denver, Colorado EDITOR'S NOTE: The Costa Rican representative in Denver is an honorary consul, meaning that those working there probably are not Costa Ricans. The office is notorious for delays and other problems. Internet censorship begins with the anti-porno law Dear A.M. Costa Rica: It is interesting to read that also in Costa Rica the first step to complete censorship of the internet is starting. [Story HERE!] A similar law was passed in Australia a few years ago under the influence of "child protection." Officially the intention of the new law was to stop child pornographic sites on the Internet. But this was only a very small part of the truth. Nowadays you still get sites with child pornography on their Internet but many critical sites have disappeared. It is not without reason that the Swedish "Pirate Party" got about 8 percent of the votes and secured two seats in the European Parliament with their policy of "freedom of the internet." Sites with child pornography could be stopped with the existing laws, if the government really wanted to do something. But they are not interested in using the existing laws. They need this banner to carry before them as something that has to be fought with new laws. These new laws are the first steps taken for complete control of the Internet. In the next step or just by doing so, the governments can without a real reason, switch off sites that reveal uncomfortable FACTS, like for example on *Wikileaks.* Getting control on or over the Internet is the modern censorship many governments want. In Germany the Pirate Party was started only a few weeks before the last election in September. Even without posters and advertising they got over 2 percent of all the votes. It might not seem much, and they therefore did not get a seat in parliament, but there is a slight awakening of the public. It can only be hoped, that the Costa Rican government uses the newly planned laws for the reasons named. On the other hand if the state is to or wants to provide the software to filter sites, I personally become electricated. The danger of abuse is imminent. They (might) thereby have the complete control over the internet, better than they want or could only dream of. It could be the first step needed to get rid of critics and critical sites. And the parliament will have passed the laws for this. The bill might have been for another (good) reason, at least on paper. But there is the danger that it is the first step needed for complete control and censorship. In Germany some important law-changes are hidden behind the name of changing an unimportant law, there then being one more paragraph changed, which critics see too late. The bill could be only one step away from then slowly changing little by-laws, which then give the government the right to switch off sites. Often they then give themselves the right to do this without having to name a reason and without the possibility of repeal. You might say I have been reading too much of "1984" or similar books. For all of us I hope so as well! It can only be hoped that the new bill and the law following this are really used for the good of all and that the dangers I see are without reason. Klaus
Ebeling
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A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing last week in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, according to local news reports. The reporter, María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, was last seen Nov. 11 near her home in Zamora. Ms. Aguilar, a reporter for the daily El Diario de Zamora and local correspondent for the regional daily El Cambio de Michoacán, was last seen leaving her home in Zamora, 89 miles (144 kilometers) west of the state capital Morelia, Nov. 11, after she received a call on her cell phone, according to news reports. A spokesman at the Michoacán State Attorney said her family reported her missing last week. Ms. Aguilar, a reporter with 10 years of experience who has worked with several regional outlets, had recently broken a series of stories on local corruption and organized crime for El Cambio de Michoacán, according to the paper. Oct. 22, she reported on a military operation near Zamora where at least three individuals, including the son of a local politician, were arrested on suspicion of participating with organized crime groups. Oct. 27, she published a story on local police abuse, after which a high-ranking official was forced to resign. Three days later, she reported on the arrest of an alleged boss of the Michoacán-based drug cartel La Familia Michoacana. According to a colleague at the daily, Ms. Aguilar did not use her byline on any of the stories for fear of reprisal. Ms. Aguilar is the eighth Mexican reporter to have gone missing since 2005, according to CPJ research. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 39 newspeople have been killed since 1992 in Mexico, one of the most murderous places in the world for journalists. At least 18 were slain in direct reprisal for their work. Most covered organized crime or government corruption.
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