Professional
Directory
A.M.
Costa Rica's professional directory
is where business
people who wish to reach the English-speaking community may invite
responses.
If you are interested in being represented here, please contact the
editor.
Real
estate agents and services
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MARGARET
SOHN
with Great Estates of Costa Rica
20 years Costa
Rican
real estate experience
Member
of the Costa Rican Real Estate Association,
Lic. #1000
Member
of
Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce
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samargo@racsa.co.cr
info@realtorcostarica.com
www.realtorcostarica.com
(506) 2220-3729 & (506) 8333-8391 cell
(506) 2232-5016 (phone/fax)
5800-7/12/10

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Latitude
9
Real estate, development, Investments.
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
506 2777-1197
Over 25 years experience in Costa Rica
www.latitude9.com
55672-5/25/10
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CENTURY 21 Jacó
Beach Realty
A Name You Trust & Professional Service

Buying?
Selling?
We Can Do It!
TOLL
FREE FROM THE US
1 (877) 746-3868
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Tom Ghormley -
Owner/Broker - in CR since '79
Beachfront, Views,
Mountains, Lots, Farms, Beaches,
Houses, Condos. Hotels, Restaurants, Projects, Commercial, Investments
www.c21jaco.com
2643-3356
Info@c21jaco.com
4401-6/9/0
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Collection services
COLLECTIONS
COSTA RICA
The collection agency you’ve been searching for
• Receivables • International Debt
• Comercial Collections • Portfolio Collections
• Bad Debt Collections • Condo HOA Collections
• Bad Check Collections • Recovery solutions
Start early, recover more. Free quotes at |

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collectionscr@gmail.com
We are an attorney-based collection agency and specialize in the
recovery of delinquent accounts nationwide. We work on a contingency
basis or fee structure depending on the type of debt, but always fees
that you can understand with no hidden costs. We recover your lost
revenue quickly & professionally. Tel:
2253-3705/2283-8712
E-mail: collectionscr@gmail.com
5919-
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Legal services
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KEARNEY-LAWSON & Asoc.
Lic.Gregory Kearney Lawson.
Attorneys at Law and real estate brokers
Relocation services, Wedding Planning

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*Investments
*Corporations
*Tax Shelters *Immigration
*Real Estate Sales in Costa Rica
*Name & Product registration
*Business procedures
*Family and Labor Law
*Locate People *Private Investigations
Phone/Fax: 2290-8117, 8841-0007
New location on Rohrmoser Blvd.
Phone: (506) 2232-1014
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Burke Fiduciary, S.A.
Registered Escrow and Legal Services
Thomas A. Burke,
LL.M, Glenda Burke, LL.M
Gloria Burke, manager
We offer real estate law, due diligence and escrow services,residency
status, business corporations, estate planning. English, Spanish,
German and French spoken.
More about us at www.burkecr.com
Ph. 011 506 2267-6645
info@burkecr.com
The registration of Burke Fiduciary
S.A., corporate ID 3-101-501917 with the
General Superintendence of Financial Entities (SUGEF) is not an
authorization to operate. The supervision of SUGEF refers to compliance
with the capital legitimization requirements of Law No. 8204. SUGEF
does not supervise the
business carried out by this company, nor its security, stability or
solvency.
Persons contracting its services do so for their own account and at
their own risk.
5937-9/4/10
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CONSULTORIA
JURIDICA
EMPRESARIAL CA, S.A
We offer the highest professional
standards with very competitive rates. All our official documentation
and Notary deeds are always translated in English for better
comprehension, client satisfaction and safety.

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• Immigration
Law.
• Real Estate Law.
• Corporations, Foundations
and Associations.
• Trademarks & Intellectual
Property.
• Notary public services
• Criminal Law
•Civil & Commercial
Litigation
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Our Law Office is
conveniently located near Mall San Pedro, 350
meters south from the Subaru dealer, Los Yoses, San José.
5290-12/2/09
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Appraisers
| BEFORE YOU BUY and
OVERPAY |

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ask Angela Jiménez
Architect/Certified Appraiser
23 years experience
for Costa Rica Banks
• building inspections
•¨property management
• construction management
www.orbitcostarica.com/
certifieda.htm
5755-6/14/10
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Residency
experts
Residency
in Costa Rica
A full service immigration
agency
U.S. and San José
offices
Getting and
authenticating documents can be a chore —

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we know
how
to do it. Experienced with many
nationalities.
Up-to-date on
Costa Rica's evolving
immigration law.
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Pensionado and
rentista. Your first stop for smooth, professional service and a
positive experience. Javier Zavaleta jzava@pacbell.net
www.residencyincostarica.com
Tel: (323) 255-6116
5970-9/1/10
Acupuncture
physician
Acupuncture (disposable
needles),
& Auriculotherapy (without needles)
Immediate results guaranteed for sport and all injuries; Back,
neck, shoulder, elbow, carpal tunnel, knees, sciatica,

Eugene Mc Donald A.P.
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migraine, T.M.J., kidney
stones, intercostal neuralgia, and all painfull conditions without
drugs. Excellent results for stress, tension, anxiety,
depression; and
many other medical conditions and health maintenance.
Acupuncture
works even if other therapies had little or no results. Free
consultation, U.S. license, 19 years experience, Eugene Mc Donald, A.P
(acupuncture physician) Escazú, 8352-0661. acutherapy0@hotmail.com
http://acupuncturecr.blogspot.com/
5563-3/21/10
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Accountants
James Brohl, C.P.A. & M.B.A.
US Income
Tax, US GAAP Accounting
& Business Consulting
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• US
Tax return preparation for
individuals and businesses
• eFile returns: secure with faster refunds
• Assist with back reporting and other filing issues
• Take advantage of the Foreign
Income Tax Exclusion (up to $91,400 in 2009)
• Business Consulting to facilitate working in Costa Rica
• Accounting for US and International Financial Reporting
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Telephone
8305-3149 or 2256-8620
E-mail jrtb_1999@racsa.co.cr
5097-3/30/10
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U.S. Tax International

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Plus
Costa Rican taxes,
accounting, and legal services
Over 15 years in Costa Rica
(English Spoken)
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C.R.
2288-2201 U.S
786-206-9473
FAX: 2289-8235
E-mail: ustax@lawyer.com
Web page with vital U.S. tax info HERE!
5916-5/15/10
Hearing consultant
English-speaking
hearing consultant
We can
professionally evaluate your hearing problem at
Clinica
Dinamarca off Paseo Colón or at Hospital CIMA. |
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Natural sound
• Lowest prices
• No more background noise, feedback or echoing
• American hearing consultant from D.C. & Atlanta
• Nine clinics including Hospital CIMA
• Authorized provider to the U.S. veterans
• The worlds leading provider of hearing aids
Widex hearing aids since 1956
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Allan Weinberg
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We
service the U.S. veterans/Foreign Medical
Program. Please contact me, Allan, at allan9000@gmail.com or at
8891-8989.
5950-4/15/10
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Our readers' opinions
It's not all about money
Dear A.M. Costa Rica:
Thank God, not everyone thinks like Mr. Khalsa with
regard to motorcyclists wearing helmets. There are certainly many
level-headed motorcycle riders who cherish life and will conform to
wearing helmets to prevent injury, often fatal, to themselves.
I ask Khalsa if he has ever seen a person with severe brain injury and
the debilitating life those with injuries of that type are forced to
live with. Many motorcyclists are diligent about maneuvering the
traffic patterns in Costa Rica, but there is also a population of risk
takers who weave in and out with no regard for the safety of
others.
If every driver (motorcyclists and car drivers) became more aware of
others on the roadways, perhaps the need for helmets wouldn't be a
necessity. Of course, bicycles should be included in the helmet
requirement.
I urge Mr. Hari Singh Khalsa to visit a brain injury unit and see what
he thinks after listening to some of the stories of why the people are
in that unit. It is NOT all about the money!
Ann Boyd
Santa Ana
There's little oil-based plastic
Dear A.M. Costa Rica:
Had a real good laugh this morning, reading the tirade against
motorcycle helmet laws. I guess the writer simply doesn’t
recognize the safety element. As for his contention that oil =
plastic = more money for big business, he is likewise unaware that
there may well be other ingredients in the manufacture of these
helmets, such as epoxy resins, various metals, polycarbonates, etc.,
with, in fact, little oil-based plastic used at all. Maybe he
would change his mind if he just one time had to scrape some unknown
hero’s brains off the pavement, following a simple choque
involving one of the aforementioned motorcycles.
John G. Dungan, R.N.
Aguacate de Tilaran
Three-wheelers, too
Dear A.M. Costa Rica:
Sir, In response to Mr. Hari Singh Khalsa comment on helmets! I have a
Piaggio APE and am on my second Bajaj Torito. About a year and a half
ago, I and another Tico were ticketed for not using helmets while
driving our Toritos. We appealed the tickets (through a lawyer).
About 10 months later we got the answer that these vehicles are in a
class not covered by the Ley de Transito! In other words, due to the
fact that they have bodywork, front windshields, and tops, helmets are
not required with these vehicles!
Of course on Feb. 16 last, I got another ticket for no helmet! The
officers computer had the new law in it, so I got a ticket, even though
the new law had not gone into effect (the old law did not cover three
wheels) and the fact that I had a written answer saying that I did not
need a helmet from transit officials.
Of course, I filed an "impugnacion"! Since 1 March, of course, I have
been using a helmet. Every one should be aware that Transito has the
ability, under the new law to determine their own regulations
concerning unique vehicles. I would like to suggest that everyone with
the concerns of using helmets with these three-wheel vehicles, get
ahold of transito to hopefully push for the new classification of these
vehicles!
Paul Meister
Miramar
An insurance conspiracy
Dear A.M. Costa Rica:
The helmet law in the U.S.A. was contrived by the insurance
companies. It is another example on how big corporations control
how we live. They bribe, oh I mean lobby, our elected
officials to pass laws to favor them.
Example: A corporation lobbies Washington spending $10 million on
bribes. In return they make $40 million on savings from medical claims
and not keeping people alive under comas, netting a hansom $30 million
profit.
This is a common practice in U.S.A. politics. The helmet law
added gross amounts of profits for the insurance companies. BUT my
major complaint was why hasn't my insurance premiums gone down, if we
were the ones saving all of that money for the insurance companies?
Now the dysfunction of all this, there is a lot less riders in
comas. These people were excellent donors for organs. Lots
of them young riders, with fresh organs. The inexperience riders
on crouch rockets.
In retrospect there has been a shortage of organ donors since the
helmet law in California and other states where the law exists.
Which opened up the arena of the organ black market.
I have been a rider for over 35 years. I live to ride and ride to
live. With or without a helmet.
Steve Petretti
Coronado, Osa
Have you seen these stories?
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A.M. Costa Rica guide
This is a brief users guide to A.M. Costa Rica.
Old pages
Each day someone complains via e-mail that the
newspages are from
yesterday or the day before. A.M. Costa Rica staffers check every page
and every link when the newspaper is made available at 2 a.m. each
weekday.
So the problem is with the browser in each reader's computer.
Particularly when the connection with the server is slow, a
computer will look to the latest page in its internal memory and serve
up that page.
Readers should refresh the page and, if necessary, dump the cache of
their computer, if this problem persists. Readers in Costa Rica have
this problem frequently because the local Internet provider has
continual problems.
Searching
The A.M. Costa Rica search page
has a list of all previous editions by date and a space to search for
specific words and phrases. The search will return links to archived
pages.
Newspages
A typical edition will consist of a front page
and four
other
newspages. Each of
these pages can be reached by links near the top and bottom of the
pages.
Classifieds
Five classified pages are updated daily.
Employment
listings are free,
as are listings for accommodations wanted, articles for sale and
articles wanted. The tourism page and
the real
estate sales and real estate
rentals are updated daily.
Advertising information
A summary of advertising rates and sizes are
available
for display
and classifieds.
Contacting us
Both the main telephone number and the editor's
e-mail
address are
listed on the front
page near the date.
Visiting us
Directions to our office and other data, like
bank
account numbers are
on the about
us page.
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