www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Well, I have to admit, I would have a little more faith in the Embassy getting involved.

The fact that young thugs can openly sell drugs directly in front of the police station in Jaco without any problems speaks volumes...

Graft, corruption and the law of the land are the rules of law in 2nd & 3rd world countries... The concept of fair play is a western concept...

I work for a large, international company with projects going on all over the world... We keep an slush-fund account open on each project to account for payola, graft payments, tea money, unrealized import duties, etc... Call it what you like, it's how business gets done...

We recently had one of our facilities overrun by para-militaries in west Africa with 5 personnel kidnapped and held for ransom... Never made the news, never will... Back door negotiations and a hefty payment secured their release, unharmed... You roll the dice and take your chances...

No real point to this diatribe, other than a wake up call for those with the western mindset who think they will get a fair shake in a foreign land...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3K6UmgJIOw

Yup, but in my case, (I hear) that the outside lawyer paid the bribes so our corporate hands could be free from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The western mindset should always be the ideal, even if the reality of the situation falls short. Its all about being a pragmatist. Anyway, I sent a note to the Brit Embassy about the British Lady and if they care about their citizen, they will look into it.

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“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” And we are the guys that keep them in Eggs & Grits

Thanks, was just thinking I hadn't read any of your work in a long time... Thanks for the afternoon pick me up....

The other issue with street justice here is that the nice fellas you hire are just as likely to tuen on you as do what you ask. Low profile and avoiding property ownership greatly reduce exposure. Also for wahtever reason the beach communities seem to have way more of this stuff than San Jose Proper.

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I am never going home

Not really advocating that so much as avoiding going native; see a few of those specimens around and it scares the sheet outta of me. After the threads that I read about buying real estate, count me out and one should never get plastic surgery or eye surgery for that matter at a discount. The rest of your post, should I guess that you are talking about in-country lawyers? If so, they are like an asshole, because every company that wants to do business in CR or any other place needs one.

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“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” And we are the guys that keep them in Eggs & Grits

Since you asked,timbones, I have worked with US , Canadian and British diplomatic staff in Jakarta, Taipei, Tokyo, Bali, Madrid, Bangkok and Tijuana. They all had local staff as students of mine. As you must surely know, diplomatic staff are generally no account misfits worth little or nothing. They are bound by idiotic and archaic protocol that assures they never really get anything productive done. I can give you 100's of examples off the top of my head, but doubtful you need them. All they have accomplished is an ability to learn at a minimal level the necessary language, and in some cases piss off the right supervisor to be assigned someplace outside of Europe.

As for who to do this dastardly deed, what are the police for anyway? In most cases the military are best for the job. For a small price you get a few physically fit guys to send your enemy or enemies to the hospital or better. But CR has no military, so the police are probably your only option. Any resident of a few months could propose a "security job" to a local police official you have contact with. For a modest fee, you get everything done quickly.

Ok, in trying to decipher your cryptic first two sentences, would it be correct to speculate that you are or were an ESL teacher?

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“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” And we are the guys that keep them in Eggs & Grits

Yes. I worked for a Taipei based chain of ESL schools. In Tijuana I was on my own, the rest of the work was done through the school.

OK, whatever.

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“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” And we are the guys that keep them in Eggs & Grits