Costa Rica Digest, Sept. 23

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TODAY'S CONTENTS
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*Commentary: Lessons We Can Learn from the Bruce
Harris case
*News Digest
*Letters: Harkin Calling

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COMMENTARY: LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE BRUCE
HARRIS CASE
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It is a terrible disappointment when we discover that
someone
we thought was a champion of the poor and
underprivliged turns out
to be doing things that he condemns in others.

Many people and governments in Central America are
filled with indignation
to discover that "child advocate" Bruce Harris
appears to have some of the
worst problems that he condemned in others.

For over 15 years, Harris condemned abuse of minors
thorughout the isthmis.
He condemned the systematic murder of street kids in
Hondurus and
Guatamala. He condemned the sexual exploitation of
minors thorughout
these countries, and helped build shelters to take
these unfortunates off
the street.

These are good works, which have saved thousands of
lives.

In order to accomplish what he did, Harris had to be
very outspoken and
criticize governing elites in all of these countries
who see minors as
something to exploit and use for sex toys whenever
they wished, only to
be tossed aside like Dixie Cups once they were
finnished using them.

So it would be a few minutes of sexual harrassment, a
token payment, and
then back out on the street again where they came from.

Harris concentrated on what he called "sex tourism,"
but he also fought
this battle against the oligarchs in all of these
countries who seem to
think it is their "right" as "lords of the manor" to
use their "subjects"
however they saw fit.

And there is a pervasive attitude of insensitivity
and denial on this
subject that reaches to the highest levels, with
presidents of each of
the countries of Central America saying "problem,
what problem?"

This centuries long habit of exploitation of the
"serfs" by the ruling
elites in Latin America and many other third world
countries is a problem.
Foreign "sex tourists" are, after all, only piggy
backing off of local
custom in many cases.

Naturally, those used to abusing, using, and throwing
away their young
"sex toys" have not been amused that their little
operations have been
exposed for the world to see. How much better, in
their minds, is it to
just sweep the problems under the carpet and forget
that they exist. And,
like in some countries, if the kids become too
numerous and bothersome, it
is very easy to just send the police out in
assassination squads to eradicate
them like rats.

The only voice raised in protest against these
atrocities has now been
silenced. And "authorities" in all of these
countries are now in glee
that they have caught Harris in the worst kind of
personal situations,
having gay sex with a young man in Hondurus who is a
former client of
Casa Alianza.

So now, these elites are pouncing on the opportunity
to "investigate," and
I have no doubt that Harris will someday soon end up
in jail in either
Hondurus or Guatamala, and he will probably die there
for daring to defy
the status quo.

It is sad that it is a common trait of human nature
that we often criticize
in others problems simillar to those we have
ourselves. We will never
know the extent of Harris' personal problem, but it
is very sad that
those problems may now wipe out years of hard work
and a little progress
for those less fortunate and who are exploited by
outdated, evil, feudal,
and oligarchical systems controlled by a ruling elite
who believe that
sexual exploitation of minors and whoever else they
choose is just one
more of the perks that comes with their elevated
station in life above
the "common herd" of regular mortals. They will no
doubt take advantage
of this situation to wind back the clock and regain
lost ground for their
despicable, dirty, and contemptible "habits."


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*FISCHEL-CAJA:
Emilio Bruce Impeded from Leaving Costa Rica

Following two days of sifting and packing, the
Fiscalía, OIJ
agents and members of the Ministerio de Hacienda
(Revenue),
completed their raid on the offices of the
Corporación Fischel
in downtown San José, loading hundreds of boxes of
documents
and computers to waiting trucks.

Thurdsay came the news that the Fiscalía had
requested and
granted by the courts that the president of the board of
directors of Fischel, Emilio Bruce, be impeded from
leaving
Costa Rica.

Under the order, Bruce cannot leave Costa Rica
without permission.

Bruce spoke to Telenoticias news, saying that he
accepts the
decision of the Fiscal General, Francisco Dall'anese.
"I am sure
he has his reason for doing so", Bruce told channel 7
news reporter,
Danny Gonzalez.

"My lawyers will look at the reasons for the
decision", Bruce added.

Bruce has been the president of the board of the
Corporación Fischel
that has been involved in the Fischel-Caja scandal,
that has seen its

president, Walter Reiche Fischel, and company lawyer,
Randall Vargas,
waiting out the investigation from a jail cell at San
Sebastian for
several months.

A court decision on Tuesday denied the two men, along
with former Caja

president, Eliseo Vargas, a downgrading of the
preventive detention
order from jail to house arrest.

Bruce says that he is innocent and though members of
his company
have been detained (Monday, former Fischel manager,
Marvin Barrantes,
was detained as well) he is not involved and not
guilty. However,
since he is at the helm, he will accept any
responsibility that
befalls him.

Bruce said, "If I have committed any errors, I will
have to answer
them. We will see what the Fiscal has in his hands
and the reasons
for his arguments..."


*Don't have an exit stamp in your passport? Don't worry.

Every person leaving Costa Rica has his or her name
checked against
the immigration database.

Immigration officials at the border crossing at Peñas
Blancas
(Nicaragua) and Paseo Canoas (Panama) enter the
persons ID in the
computer against the database while the person waits
and stamps the
passport with a "salida" stamp.

However, at the Juan Santamaria airport, the
passenger name is
checked behind closed doors and the person is not
allowed to board
the airplane if any irregularities are found. No
"salida" stamp is
placed on the passport, a practice that was stopped a
few years back.

Reasons for not being able to leave Costa Rica
include a court order
that impedes exit, not paying child welfare or the
person is under
criminal investigation.


*Bruce Harris Leaves Costa Rica

The Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería
confirmed that
Bruce Harris, former director of Casa Alianza, left
Costa Rica last
Sunday on a 7:30 am flight to Miami.

Harris, according to immigration official
information, boarded
American Airlines flight AA700 at the Juan Santamaria
airport.

Rumours that Harris had left Costa Rica had been
circulating when
news reporters were not able to find the man and no
one answered
the door at his residence in Curridabat, east of San
José.


*Banco Nacional Takes Over at BICSA

The Banco Nacional (BNCR) - a state controlled bank -
has
announced it will take over the operations of the Banco
Internacional de Costa Rica (BICSA). The BICSA name
and logo
will continue.

BNCR owns 80% of the BICSA shares and will now take
over the
day-to-day operations, announced, Willian Hayden,
president of the
BNCR.

Rumours were dispelled that the move was due to
financial problems
at BICSA. Bank officials were quick to point out,
that the move was
to better BICSA's services by taking advantage of the
BNCR resources.

The other 20% of the BICSA shares are owned by the
other state bank,
Banco de Costa Rica (BCR).

BICSA has operations in Miami and Panama.

BICSA Miami is supervised by the U.S. Federal Reserve
and the
Florida Department of Financial Services.

BICSA Panamá and BICSA Corporación Financiera is
supervised by
the Superintendencia de Bancos y la Comisión Nacional
de Valores de
Panamá.


*Rodriguez to revamp OAS
Former President Miguel Angel Rodriguez (1998-2002)
officially
took office as Secretary General of the Organization
of American
States (OAS). He announced a revamping of the
Organization, in order
to make it more efficient and to properly challenge
its financial
straits. In a press release, Rodriguez remarked that
the Secretary
General must guide his work towards "reaching the
highest ideals of
peace, justice, freedom, and prosperity for the
Americas." Rodriguez
pointed out that the changes will be launched
immediately, and pledged
to focus particularly on human rights, democracy, and
the solution of

controversies, integral development, and the struggle
against poverty."
The OAS Secretary General has a $1-million budget
deficit this year,
and the figure is expected to be $5 million next year.


*Potholes to be filled
Highway officials said Thursday that they were
embarking on a
month-long project to repair potholes and damaged roads.

Nevertheless, the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes said
that only 14.9 percent of the national highway
network was in poor
condition, compared to 35 percent at the same time in
2002.

Officials said they plan to fill 10,000 potholes a
week. Some of
the roads being targeted are in the Pacific tourism
area, and Ovido
Pacheco, the new minister of Obras Públicas, said the
idea was to
get the highways in shape for tourismÂ’s high season.

Specifically, the road to Playa Tamarindo and from
Flamingo to
Sardinal will be part of the program. However, the
bulk of the
highways are in the Central Valley.

Filling potholes will be done in conjunction with the
municipalities.
In the first two weeks workmen will be in Goicoechea,
Desamparados,

Alajuelita, Heredia Centro, Santa Bárbara, Alajuela
Centro, Cartago
Centro, Puriscal, Pococí and Grecia. Palmares, San
Ramón and Valverde
Vega will get some new asphalt coatings.

*COMMENT: One has to wonder what is really going on
with this issue.
During the Figueres Administration, the pothole
situation was so bad that
potholes could literally eat your car. Then, during
the Rodriguez admin-
istration, potholes were filled and roads became fine
to drive on again.

Then, within a year of Pacheco taking office, the
roads were going downhill
very fast again. Now they are going to have a
campaign to fill the
potholes?

Part of the problem appears to be that the current
administration is not
releasing funds that are collected and specifically
earmarked for road
repairs from gas taxes. We wonder where the money is
really going?

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Note: We recetnly received this letter to the editor
from an anonymous
source. We print letters to the editor as we have
time and space, and the
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*Harkin Calling, is anyone listening .

Well it sure looks like no one is.

If the offshore oil drilling is permitted and they start
pumping out oil like no tomorrow. Costa Rica could
go from
having a national debt to having a national surplus.

Maybe they could stop their sex taxes on hotels.

Did you know that if you rent a room for 1 hr there is
a 50 percent tax on it for the sex which goes on there.

So why should the Costa Rican government indirectly
tax sex

Do people enjoy paying this IVI tax on the goods they
purchase
would it not be better to have the oil offshore pay
for it all.

Or is it that the government enjoy the river of young
women who
are induced to sell their bodies to make end meat
because they can not do it anyother way.


_Well it is this kind of flying BS which is allowing
the IMF is
drilling the value of the colon into the ground,
and why the Costa Rican Sex Trade may be the only way
out of
a pending budget crisis, via the government opening
brothels,
and allowing brothels in the airport as they do in
Germany.

Sex after a flight helps deal with the Jet Lag issue,
In Berlin it is considered good form to have sex with
a hooker
post a long flight to get one in shape for a meeting.

In the end one has to ask which is more important
drilling for oil offshore and getting Harkin to stop
its games for screwing the Costa Rican people or
for the Government to expand its sex tourism industry
and its take from it.

Take your pick. So far the Harkin deal looks far better
than expanding the CR Government involvement in the
SEX Tourism Business.

Sent by ANONYMOUS

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