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A little respect: From left, Hondura's Manuel Zelaya, El Salvador's Elías Saca, Costa Rica's Oscar Arias, Guatemala's Alvaro Colom and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega regrouped at the San José Casa Presidencial for a summit of Central American presidents, in which they pledged to “respect” the laws of each country. The region's leaders are negotiating a new type of trade “association” with the EU. |
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| Quintavalle ordered to pay bond |
Italian Matteo Quintavalle, who is accused of a multi-million-dollar real estate fraud, has until April 2 to pay a $300,000 bond or go back to jail, prosecutor José Martínez said. |
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High-octane guitar arpeggios pierce through the opening bars of the new song by Cienfue, “Macho de Monte Suite,” the title track on his eagerly-awaited new release. |
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| World Economic Forum honors
rector of Costa Rican biz school |
Arturo Condo, the rector of INCAE Business School, has been named one of 2008's Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. The forum honored 245 professionals under 40. |
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Cienfue in concert
Jazz Café, San Pedro, 10 p.m., http://jazzcafecostarica.com
Flamenco Show “Enigma de Sentimiento”
Starts at 7 p.m., Spanish Cultural Center, Av.13, Ca. 31, 257-2919, ext. 118.
Jazz Expresso in concert
Smooth jazz at Jazz Café Escazú, 10 p.m., Prospero Fernández highway, first exit after toll (going west), second building after Texaco gas station, opposite CIMA Hospital , information: 253-8933.
Universidad Nacional Summer Festival
Features today: salsa concert by Son de Tikizia, noon; dance show by the Margarita Esquivel Children Program, 4 p.m.; performance by UNA Danza Joven, 4:40 p.m.; theater production “Sueños en la Calle,” 5:15 p.m.; folklore show by Matambú Folklore Company, 5:50 p.m.; UCR Hip Hop Group, 6:30 p.m., all at the Universidad Nacional Campus, Heredia.
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| Quintavalle ordered to pay bond |
By Nick Wilkinson
Tico Times Staff | nwilkinson@ticotimes.net |
Italian Matteo Quintavalle, who is accused of a multi-million-dollar real estate fraud, has until April 2 to pay a $300,000 bond or go back to jail, prosecutor José Martínez said.
A judge initially set the bond on Feb. 14 but Quintavalle's lawyers immediately appealed. The judge rejected the appeal late last week.
Quintavalle has yet to be indicted in the case. He was arrested in July after more than 80 investors filed a criminal complaint, alleging he defrauded them of more than $12 million for real estate developments on the Pacific Coast.
Meanwhile, local and international authorities are still looking to arrest U.S. citizens Christopher Coulther, 37, and Robert Simmons Davis, 44. Both are ex-business partners of Quintavalle who helped him line up investors.
Martínez and Interpol spokeswoman Mercedes Quesada said the hunt was on.
Coulther is in the United States, according to intermediaries who have contacted The Tico Times.
Quesada said the United States and Costa Rica have an extradition treaty but it doesn't allow either country to extradite its own citizens.
“They can't be extradited while they are in their own countries but as soon as they leave, Interpol can have them arrested,” she said. |
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Panamanian rock star Cienfue
makes Costa Rica concert debut |
By Alex Leff
Tico Times Staff | aleff@ticotimes.net
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High-octane guitar arpeggios pierce through the opening bars of the new song by Cienfue, “Macho de Monte Suite,” the title track on his eagerly-awaited new release.
Cienfue, the artistic name for versatile Panamanian musician Camilo Navarro, is set to unleash a fresh gamut of sounds on Costa Rican audiences for the first time, for two nights. He is scheduled to play tonight at San Pedro's Jazz Café and tomorrow at San José's Latino Rock Café.
Strong hints of macho in Cienfue go back before his solo career, which debuted with the 2005 album “El Disco es Cultura.” Previous projects include a long run with the band Bodega Sónica. He featured on the group's celebrated last CD, “Las Estrellas se Estrellan,” which Rolling Stone Latinoamérica fondly called “the craziest, most egocentric Panamanian rock album” – but they hadn't heard his solo stuff yet.
Cienfue fuses socially charged messages – sometimes considered offensive – into his lyrics, and sings them over tracks with heavy Latin rock guitar riffs and electronic often hip-hop-like hooks. As reviewers have acknowledged, the result gives a nod to Spanish-French fusionist Manu Chau, while honoring Panama's age-old folkloric style.
“El Disco” delivers nasty lyrics such as “I don't like virgins” and “female dogs bite,” all on one song, “Virgenes.” Another track, “Mi Colombiana,” slams against Colombian people trafficking. Text posted on the music video states that “each year Colombia traffics 2,000 people” outside its borders, adding that Panama had become a preferred destination. He said thousands end up working in the shadows of the sex industry.
His country has praised him, honoring Cienfue in 2006 with three Premios Panama Rock awards, for best newcomer, solo artist and music video (for the track “Medio Alcohólico Melancólico”). Last year he again won the best solo artist prize.
His Myspace profile, http://www.myspace.com/cienfue, contains music videos and selected tracks.
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World Economic Forum honors
rector of Costa Rican biz school |
Arturo Condo, the rector of INCAE Business School, has been named one of 2008's Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. The forum honored 245 professionals under 40.
Condo has been head of the business school – located in Alajuela, northwest of San José – for about one year. He is one of 21 honorees from Latin America.
The committee that picked Condo is made up of 31 representatives of the global media and includes the publisher of The New York Times and the CEO of Reuters. |
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