Archive for September 1st, 2008
Monday, September 1st, 2008
A 61-year-old Orinda real estate executive and former Saint Mary’s College professor pleaded guilty Friday morning to producing child pornography in a case in which he traveled to Costa Rica to have sex with a 12-year-old girl.
Leonard Auerbach faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
No family members or friends attended the hearing. Auerbach, dressed in a red Alameda County Jail jumpsuit, answered the judge’s questions with simple “Yes, sir,” responses. (more…)
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Refugee Applicants Aren’t Allowed to Obtain Legal jobs in Costa Rica Until Approved.
The small Central American country of only 4 million people that borders both Panama and Nicaragua is home to about eight thousand refugees. This makes Costa Rica the second country in Latin America harboring the most number of refugees proportionally to its population.
According to the General Directory of Immigration, 8,039 refugees were Living in Costa Rica on June 30th 2008. The vice minister of the Gobernacion (similar to the Department of the Interior in the U.S.), Ana Duran Salvatierra reported during the “Protection and Lasting Solutions in the Mixed Migratory Flow Forum” (PSDFMM) that the refugees have originated from 38 different nations around the world. About 6,500 of the refugees are Colombians while 615 are Nicaraguans, 122 are Venezuelans, 531 are Cubans and 68 are Peruvians. (more…)
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
An Unfortunate Reality for Several Communities on the Caribbean Coast.
A small community located in the southern part of Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast in Talmanaca, Limon, is still dreaming of a day where they will have drinkable water in their homes. About 10 months ago construction was begun on an aqueduct that would successfully supply water to Hone Creek, Patiño, Carbón I, Carbón II, Punta de Riel y Comadre. However, the project has since been put on hold with only 75% of the project complete, as modifications to the original design are being made.
The water for the project is being pumped from a well located in Sand Pit, Limon and stored in a large tank near Hone Creek. It is from the storage facility in Hone Creek that the water will be distributed to the six different communities who desperately need the precious commodity; however, they will have to wait. The design is being modified and production has stopped so until the aqueduct is completed at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, residents of these communities must continue to resort to primitive methods to obtain water. (more…)
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