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AmCham accuses the deputies of weakening draft Law of Extinction of Domain |
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 By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The American Chamber does not agree with the changes to the project of law Domain Extinction made by the deputies. Domain extinction is a term that is used in several countries to refer to a particular way in which the government seizes property from a person linked to illicit activities. Those activities include: as profits generated by drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption, terrorism, or human trafficking, among others. When the person – or company – is convicted of one or more of those crimes, he must demonstrate that his property came from legitimate sources. The Chamber finds it is regrettable that the deputies have ruled on a bill that, according to the criteria of the Attorney General's Office, the Judicial Investigation Agency and the Costa Rican Institute on Drugs, has been weakened by the deputies who excluded parts of the original text that included crimes such as corruption, smuggling and fraud. AmCham states that the eventual approval of this bill is essential to increase effectiveness in the fight against organized crime, illicit trade, corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, and other similar crimes. Elías Soley, president of AmCham, states that “excluding from the scope of this law, crimes such as corruption and illicit enrichment in the public service,” is inexcusable. He continued that “the Deputies must have been consistent with their mission and responsibility towards a society that demands the strengthening of values on all fronts. Within that responsibility, undoubtedly, legislative actions must be aimed at decisively combating corruption, which is a scourge that threatens the governability of the country, undermines trust in institutions and affects the rights of people. Attacking corruption with tools such as those demanded by the institutions that will be the operators of the future Law of Extinction of Dominion, would be a great favor to the political and democratic system of Costa Rica, which has been damaged by acts of corruption that distract government decisions, public policies and public funds of the destination for which they should be used," said Soley. The Chamber finds that corruption and illicit enrichment in the public service damage democracy, undermines the foundations of society by attacking supreme values such as honesty, responsibility, solidarity, among others. AmCham Costa Rica called on the legislature to be consistent with their investiture and represent, with their decisions, the needs of the society that led them to occupy those positions of privilege. |
 A.M. Costa Rica wire services photo Domain
extinction is
a term that is
used in
several
countries to
refer to a
particular way
in which the
government
seizes
property from
a person
linked to
illicit
activities.
They must respond to the country and strengthen this bill that will be a fundamental tool to combat macro-criminality in all its manifestations. "With the approval of an appropriate text, the operators of the law will have an additional instrument to beat the criminals and dissuade them from using our country as territory to execute their criminal activities, besides, it would be a step in the right direction and adapt us to better practices that allow us to be more effective in the fight against organized crime, the legitimacy of capital, corruption and any other manifestation of ‘macro crime’ that is shown in the country,” said Soley. Chamber statistics state that developing countries currently lose between 20 and 40 billion dollars each year due to corruption. The huge gap between what is stolen and what is recovered evidences the need to break down the barriers of recovery of assets from this scourge. Data from the StAR Initiative (Stolen Assets Recovery) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimate that only 5 trillion in assets have been recovered in the last 15 years. Since 1973, AmCham has been promoting bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Costa Rica. It is the largest international chamber of commerce in Costa Rica, representing more than 400 companies and more than 150,000 employees of the productive sector in Costa Rica. |
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Fourth news page |
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Cabagra
Indigenous Cultural Festival 2018 begins
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
The indigenous community of Cabagra, located in Buenos Aires of Puntarenas, announced the start of the Bribri Cabagra Cultural Festival 2018. The Festival originated in 1986, with the support of the local educational sector, to highlight and strengthen the cultural identity of the Bribri indigenous community. Cabagra 2018 starts on Thursday, November 15, at 9 a.m. in the village Konyo Ú, in Cabagra, and will offer dances, musical presentations, traditional medicine, craft workshops, and a fishing competition, among other samples of the Bribri culture. According to the Indigenous Association, "the public will have the opportunity to know how our ancestors hunted using weapons as rudimentary as the bow, the arrow and the blowpipe. During the day they will be able to see some exhibitions about the ancient ability to use grind stones to crush grains such as corn and cocoa, and to know one of the most symbolic traditions of the Bribri culture: the Jalada de Piedra (is pulling a large stone). This event represents the unity and cultural loyalty of the participants with their ancestral principles." During the Festival, visitors will also come to know the richness of the ancestral languages of the Bribri and the Cabécar, their foods, environment, ways of life, social stratification and the mythical design of the constructions of the Ú Suré, the cosmic house of the Bribris, which collects the knowledge of its ancestors related to the cosmic universe. According to Rafael Delgado, organizer of the festival "this festival represents the existence of a living culture, of a people that persist, strengthen and empowers, transmitting to the present and future generations those ancestral legacies that identify us."
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 Culture Ministry courtesy
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Visitors will be able to see some exhibitions about the ancient ability to use grind stones to crush grains such as corn and cocoa. Among the novelties announced for this year is the visit and intercultural coexistence of other indigenous groups in the region. The indigenous community of Cabagra is located 15 kms northeast of Buenos Aires of Puntarenas. All activities are open to the public. For more information about this festival, you can call the Festival organizer Rafael Delgado at 8770-8420 or email: adicabagra@gmail.com.
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Government spent more than $567,000 on 23 meter bridge |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
The new pedestrian bridge on the Bernardo Soto highway in Alajuela will be completed on December 24 said the Ministry of Public Works. Silvia Gómez, from the National Road Council, said, "that is the expected date, as long as weather conditions allow it and taking into account that the dry season is already entering the Central Valley." According to the Ministry, the bridge is in front of the Lanco Company in an area called El Coyol in Alajuela. It is 23 meters in length and was built at a cost of more than $567,000. The structure will provide greater safety for pedestrians in the area, where approximately 38,000 vehicles pass daily creating serious danger for pedestrians who had to cross the highway. Bridge construction started in August but there are still finishing details such as painting and building the ramps that allow access to the bridge to be completed. |
 Public
Works Ministry
courtesy photo
It is 23 meters in length and was built at a cost of more than $567,000. The
structure
could be
expanded when
the number of
lanes on the
road is
increased.
That increase
is foreseen in
the plan for
the
construction
of the highway
between San
José and San
Ramón.
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Police arrest more suspects in abduction case |
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By A.M. Costa Rica
wire services
The Judicial Investigation Organization detained 12 people on Tuesday as a second group of suspects linked to a group of kidnappers. According to Cristian Montenegro, Investigator in Chief, these 12 detainees are the second group of people captured in relation to the case. On October 4, a group of six people, suspected as being part of the same criminal organization, was arrested. The kidnapping took place on September 30, when a gang threatened a Chinese citizen woman with a pistol while she was entering at her house and forced into a vehicle. They then covered her face and transferred her to an unknown location. She was held there initially, but was later transferred to three different places during four days. The victim and her husband own a company that imports articles from China. The police state that the kidnappers asked the family for $200,000 in exchange for the woman’s release. She was released on October 3, in Escazu but the police were in the area monitoring the delivery of the victim and arrested six people believed to be members of the gang of kidnappers. "In that operation, six people, one woman and five men were arrested, and two cars were confiscated," said Montenegro. The operations on Tuesday took place at the houses of the suspects. Raids were carried out in Quircot, Caballo Blanco, Paraíso and Taras, in Cartago and in Barrio Cordoba and Ajaluelita in San José. During those raids, shotguns, rifles, marijuana, and cell phones were seized. |
 Security Ministry courtesy photo One of the detainees is a man a Chinese citizen, known as Xen, who apparently had a friendly relationship with the family of the kidnapped woman. Investigators
report that "one
of the detainees
is a man a
Chinese citizen,
known as Xen,
who apparently
had a friendly
relationship
with the family
of the kidnapped
woman." He is
suspected of
knowing the
possible
economic
situation and
the businesses
that the victim
and her family
have.
With Tuesday’s operation, the capture of 18 suspects is nearly complete. Because the investigation is in the initial phase, the police are withholding some information on the people arrested. Police state that they still need to capture two suspects identified with the surnames Bejarano and Segura. According to the police, they already have enough information and hope to capture these two last suspects in the next few hours. |
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US Embassy donates 250 soccer balls to children's aid program |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff Embassy of the United States joins the foundation of the Saprissa soccer team with the donation of soccer balls to the child aid program of the Ministry of Security. Saprissa was founded in 1935. Its majority partner is the Costa Rican investment consortium called Horizonte Morado, whose members include Juan Carlos Rojas Callan, Edgar Zurcher, and Televisora de Costa Rica channel 7, among others. The name of the team honors its founder, Ricardo Saprissa. The Saprissa Foundation and the Embassy allied to support the program of the Ministry of Security, known as LaMejenga (the game). This program seeks to support children who live in areas of high crime, enabling them to practice a sport and create healthy life habits. A representative of the Ministry of Security said that the donation of 350 balls (250 from the embassy and 100 from Saprissa) will help promote sports and physical development, empower children and help them develop the good values they need for the construction of a successful life. The La Mejenga project promotes the practice of sport as a form of prevention through the organization of football matches in communities with the highest crime rate. The purpose of this donation is to boost the efforts made by the Ministry of Security.
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U.S. Ambassador, Sharon Day donated 250 soccer balls. The program includes local police who provide advice on the dangers and risks of drug addiction, violence and crime. The Embassy and Saprissa confirmed that they use their resources to carry educational and empowerment activities through sports, among which is the organization of an important event for kids that will be announced in 2019. |
