Archive for October 31st, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Two gunmen shot and killed a woman this week execution-style and critically injured her sister and another woman after the assailants kidnapped the three, all dealers at the White House Hotel’s casino.
According to an account in the daily Al Día, the two men were waiting outside of the casino, in San Antonio de Escazú, west of San José, when the three got off work and into Arelis Marín’s car just after 1 a.m. After following the car for 200 meters, the men shot at the women’s car, forcing them to stop. (more…)
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
The National Control of Advertising Board in Costa Rica ruled this week that radio ads promoting the abortion pill as “emergency contraception” are illegal and ordered them pulled off the air.
The decision was made after the Association for the Defense of Life denounced the radio ads promoting the morning-after pill and sponsored by the “Costa Rican Demographic Association.”
The Association argued that the Ministry of Health did not grant approval to the pill because of its anti-implantation effect on a fertilized ovum.
“Such an effect is not compatible with Costa Rican law, which protects life from the moment of conception,” the Ministry of Health said.
The copy for the radio ad reads: “Did you forget to take the pill for two days or more? There’s another option. Use emergency contraception. A message from the Costa Rican Demographic Association.”
The National Control of Advertising Board ruled in favor of the Association for the Defense of Life and ordered the ads be pulled immediately.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
U.S. agents and Costa Rican police yesterday raided Red Sea/Sentry Global offices in downtown San José, seizing documents in an investigation of a $100 million U.S. fraud scheme, according to wire reports.
The raided offices house branches for the firms Red Sea Management, Sentry Global Trust, Sentry Global Securities and Global Financial Logistics, AFP news agency reported.
The raid is in connection with an FBI sting in New York that led to the arrest of Jonathan R. Curshen, who is the Caribbean island St. Kitts and Nevis’ honorary consul to Costa Rica, on fraud allegations in September.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
In Costa Rica, the most advanced country in Central America in terms of human development, indigenous people tend to be neglected and forgotten.
The country’s native peoples have the highest poverty rates and lowest levels of human development, and their views and interests receive little attention from the government.
The single-chamber parliament modified a clause in the Biodiversity Law and approved the amended legislation in the first reading on Oct. 16, without having consulted the country’s indigenous people, despite a constitutional court ruling that they had to be consulted about the change.
Under International Labour Convention (ILO) 169, the “Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries”, to which Costa Rica is a signatory, governments must consult indigenous communities prior to undertaking any activity or passing any law that directly affects them or their land. (more…)
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