Comments on: American man jailed in Costa Rica says his human rights have been violated

By: syddiggers

syddiggers — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:02:00 +0000

Sometimes it is easier to get justice for those who have the money to pay for it. Not a real good argument defending the ridiculous amount of corruption in the USA.

By: syddiggers

syddiggers — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:01:00 +0000

What does this have to do with the USA? BY FAR the most corrupt country on the planet. How is it possible that close to 20% of the home of the free and land of the brave live in poverty?

By: syddiggers

syddiggers — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 21:53:00 +0000

” The conditions at this prison are inhumane and something you hear about in third world countries,” the web site states. ”

Who would have thought that a prison in a Third World country might resemble something that you might hear about in Third World countries?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 22:51:00 +0000

Roads are crap and they should fire all that work at MOPT.

By: duke ster

duke ster — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 03:37:00 +0000

You have a good point Discus— there are many local Ticos who live in what we would think of as shacks –however they don’t feel poor. You are correct! We try to put our ideals on them. If they are happy living in a “shack” and only want nice jeans and a drink– I think that’s fine and really admirable.They are happy with just a little. We try and try to change things here–I am guilty also. But after living here for a number of years I see how happy the Ticos are ( not all) but to have their family, some rice and beans etc, they are genuinely happy. Observe the families together–kids holding hands with their mother– we never see ethat in USA–usually bratty kids who are dis satisfied with everything. It makes me wonder when I see such a close family–it is a nice thing to see– however on another note– they will steal what you have and lie to you to get more– that is what changes this rosy picture. The underlying hate for Gringos and the willingness to steal what the next person has.Gringo or Tico-they steal with imputiny. Lie –only if their lips are moving, and generally their hearts are full of evil at all times. Yes they hold the hands of their young– but the otherhand is searching your pocket. I guess everything is tainted–just stay home and hug your loved ones–and stay out of Costa Rica–as one reader just said– stay in Montana or somewhere in the good “ol USA if you want to be happy because as he said– there is no peace in CR–never– all will be stolen from you by other Gringos or the Ticos– crime doesn’t have a color– the gringos here are usually and by and large–thieves or druggies or worse and the Ticos have grown up thinking how to cheat at every opportunity– so better to stay in good “ol USA and try to find a small town, buy a fuel efficient car;; get out of debt– That is what Brother Morris Cerulo told us in 1999 when God told him what was coming–the deepest, worst depression we have ever known–and it has started and will get worse.. Don’t be caught living in CR when it really gets bad because we all know who will be targeted. YOU and I–( except I have already left)

By: duke ster

duke ster — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 03:23:00 +0000

Dang, Michael Clarkson–You said it all!

By: Michael Clarkson

Michael Clarkson — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:43:00 +0000

Prosecute “little guys” on drugs you are right make a bust here and then to make the police image look good, they do the same thing with the banking system they require all this paperwork for the little guys they say is for money laundering purposes, yeah right like a drug dealer is going to put millions in the Banco Nacional, the smart drug dealers never get caught and put their money in safes or bury it underground or hire experts to laundry their money, like the CR government laundries all the money for Colombia and the world.
CR has no government just one big corporate mafia running the country.

By: Michael Clarkson

Michael Clarkson — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:06:00 +0000

Rivers of dirty money run thru CR drugs,sports betting,casinos,prostitution ect billions of dollars are being laundered in this country daily even Colombia washes their money here why because prostitution is legal and all politicians are prostitues, this country has no self identity from top to bottom it is open for business 24/7 and it will sell out to the highest bidder. Hundley used bureaucracy to his favor until it came back to bite him, do you think he was reporting to the IRS what he was making down here??? No way, so the irony of this whole thing is that he is right and he is wrong. So do you think the US government is going to help him now, no they are going to get their cut thru the Costa Rican government or at least let Costa Rica keep it all for a deal behind close doors, US politicians are also corrupt. The American people and Costa Ricn people are decent is their governments that are evil, two different things.

By: Michael Clarkson

Michael Clarkson — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:42:00 +0000

I do not know if he is guilty or not but he is right about one thing the prisons here are inhumane for a country that brags about human rights is all a fake and phony campaign, Costa Ricans will do what they know best extort him cheat lie and steal, like the saying goes donde hay un Tico hay Chorizo or where there is a Tico there is a scam this mostly applies to larger scams like the Costa Rican government does on a daily basis. Figueres senior got rid of the army long time ago not for peaceful purposes but because he knew that in the future him his family and friends would be rapping this country and wanted no one to stop them so the people are defenseless all they can do is protest and they can be easily be taken of by their bull dog thugs of the fuerza publica. Things are getting bad in this country but the government tries to deny it they use sports to distract people from the real problems just like the Romans did with the Coliseum same stragedy and the average person buys this mentality, every decade this place goes down hill drastically, the government people will continue to drain CR’s resources until they can no more than they will flee to live in another country and this place will become just like Cuba, people will swing to the left more and more, life is expensive here and is getting worse, any one that has any money invested here, get out before it is too late and that day is coming. Pat Hundley probably got too greedy and did not want to brie people because how many foreign investors have been screwed by Costa Ricans??? or by the system?? if we all went by the book half of the country would be in jail, he is in jail because is political and he pissed off the wrong people he probably did not want ot pay off people so they want his money the hard way, but being in jail they got him and are waiting for him to give up the cash, does Costa Rica care about the investors that lost their money no way, they just want to get their paws on the cash that is all they care about, justice is the last thing on their mind.

By: SDPUS

SDPUS — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:14:00 +0000

sorry for the poor grammar and spelling