Bishop of Cuidad Quesada To be Re-Investigated
The Public Ministry has decided to re-open the case
against the Bishop of Cuidad Quesada (San Carlos), Angel San
Casimiro, following reports these past weeks that on at least two
occasions San Casimiro knew the whereabouts of father Enrique
Vásquez Vargas, who is a fugitive from justice, accused of abuse of
minors.
The case had been filed away when authorities were told by the
Bishop that he did not know the whereabouts of Vásquez.
Notwitstanding, the Bishop recenlty said he knew where Vásquez was
and that he had helped finance the Vásquez's stay in Mexico.
Vásquez is still at large while Costa Rican authorities are on his
trail. He is believed to be in Nicaragua, according to the latest
report.
One Youth Dies in
Playa Negra, Two Saved
Three English youths brushed with death with the sea in Limón on
Saturday, two came out alive, the third wasn't as lucky.
The three tourists had been in the Limón for several days, were
swimming in Playa Negro in Puerto Viejo de Limón, when it appears
they were pulled in by strong currents.
Emanuel Johel, 16, and Joseph Garret, 23, were able to save
themselves. However, Hellen Francis Garret, who was only 16, did
not.
The three youths were have flown back to England today.
OIJ In
Financial Crunch
The director of the OIJ - Organismo de Investigacion
Judicial - Jorge Rojas, says that the financial crisis at the OIJ
will place a lot of pressure on the police organization as it cuts
back spending to stay alive. Rojas was quoted as saying, "the OIJ is
like a car on it's last gallon of gasoline. At any moment the engine
will stop running."
The metaphor used by Rojas is to illustrate the crisis that the
police agency is facing. He told that this year there will not be
buying any new cars, that are necessary to fool criminals so that
they not easily identifiable.
The budget for meals at prisons has run out for this year, and the
police agency has to juggle it's resources to meet those demands.
The police chief said that the proposed budget for the coming year
will be about ¢1.000 Million colones short of their needs.
Rojas was quick to point out that the budget cuts are limiting the
work of the OIJ, and if this continues, it will become increasingly
difficult to act against crime. In Costa Rica, death by violence
takes third place in the statistics, while 50 years ago it was the
8th, and experts are quick to point out that it may soon become the
second.
ICT Moves
to New Building
The Costa Rican Institute of Tourism (ICT) - Instituto
Costarricense de Turismo - started it's move this weekend to it's
new facilities located in La Uruca in the building that Coalición
Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (Cinde) had occupied
until several months ago.
The move will take several weeks so as not to disrupt services.
The process of acquisition of the new premises took several months
to complete as it had to pass several stages of governmental
approvals.
ICT was renting four floor of office space in the Caja Costarricense
de Seguro Social (CCSS) building on Avenida Segunda in downtown San
José for a cost of $24.027 Dollars monthly. The new building, three
floors and the basement, was purchased for $2.5 Million Dollars.
The move and the purchas of it's own facilities is part of the ICT's
plan called for in the Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Turístico
2002-2012. Although criticism has surrounded the move, ICT claims it
will save some $19.600 per month by the acquisition. The Central
Bank gave it's blessing to the transaction by providing financing
for 20 years.
The new building will comprise 5.272 square meters for offices and
1.788 square meters of parking area
COPA AMERICA:
Ruthless Brazil Demolishes Costa Rica
Brazil produced a ruthless performance as they survived an early
bout of pressure before beating Costa Rica 4-1 with an Adriano
hat-trick on Sunday to qualify for the Copa America quarter-finals.
The game was reminiscent of the last meeting between the pair at the
2002 World Cup when Costa Rica created at least as many chances as
Brazil but were outgunned 5-2.
Once again, the Ticos were made to pay dearly for missing chances
and getting caught at the back.
"We were careless and the Brazilians took advantage, converting four
of their six chances," Costa Rica's Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto
said.
"And we missed our chances when we were in front of their goal. It's
a tough blow."
He got little sympathy from his opposite number Carlos Alberto
Parreira.
"They began at a tremendous pace which they couldn't keep up," he
said. "They played like that for half an hour. But football is about
90 minutes. "Our decisiveness is part of Brazilian football," he
added.
Brazil, who joined Colombia in the last eight, have a maximum six
points in the group, followed by Paraguay with four, Chile with one
and Costa Rica with none.
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