Archive for June 3rd, 2009
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
The Costa Ricans have fielded increasingly strong rosters over the years and have given the Americans fits because of it.
Entering Wednesday’s game in Central America, the U.S. national team is winless in seven qualifiers in Costa Rica. While the atmosphere and overall environment at Estadio Saprissa is one factor that favors the locals, there is another part to that one-sided history: Costa Rica themselves.
“When people talk about Costa Rica, they talk about the turf and Estadio Saprissa and their fans but Costa Rica is a strong team, a team that plays very well, with confidence especially here in Costa Rica,” U.S. forward Landon Donovan said. “All that makes for a great team.”
Donovan and the U.S. will try to slay one of their few regional ghosts on Wednesday as the U.S. has never won a qualifying game in Costa Rica. The Ticos will bring a strong squad to their game against the Americans and along with the crowd, the surface and even possibly the officials, Costa Rica has plenty on its side to feel good about. (more…)
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Daniel Baldwin is jetting to the jungles of Costa Rica to replace newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt and join his brother Stephen as a castmember of reality TV show, “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” The Pratts walked off the survival show shortly after the first telecast aired Monday night because they couldn’t deal with the primitive conditions of jungle life. The Hollywood honeys appeared to be seriously grossed out when teammate Patty Blagojevich and actor Lou Diamond Phillips were forced to eat tarantula on the show.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
The owner of a Costa Rica-based telemarketing call center and two workers at another call center face prison for their roles in schemes that defrauded thousands of U.S. residents out of more than $10 million.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that that 33-year-old Michael Kearns of Sacramento, Calif., was sentenced to nine years in prison. Forty-four-year-old Herman Kankrini of Montreal received more than seven years, and 32-year-old Severin Marcel Stone of Los Angeles received a similar sentence.
The men pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud people out of millions by convincing them they had won a large cash prize in a sweepstakes.
Indictments returned in Asheville and Charlotte, N.C., have charged 46 defendants for their roles in the scheme. So far, 33 have pleaded guilty and three have been convicted.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived here Tuesday for his first state visit to Costa Rica with an aim to strength the friendship and cooperation between the two nations.
“The visit of the Brazilian president to Costa Rica is due to the strong will from both countries to deepen their ties in political, trade and cultural cooperation at bilateral and multilateral levels,” said Vice Foreign Minister Edgar Ugalde Ugalde, who welcomed Lula at the airport in the capital.
Lula will meet with his Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias on Wednesday and a joint declaration is expected to be signed after their meeting.
He is scheduled to leave Costa Rica on Wednesday afternoon.
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