-Caveat Lector- Spanish message follows. URGENT SOLIDARITY ALERT: Costa Rica Source: FIRE, Costa Rica Radio journalist assassinated in Costa Rica (July 2001) For the first time in its longtime democratic history, a journalist was assassinated recently in Costa Rica, most likely in response to his controversial work as an investigative journalist. On July 7, bullets silenced forever the voice of journalist Parmenio Medina, also silencing his right to freedom of expression and the press. Producer of the 28 year old radio program "La Patada," (The Kick in English) Parmenio used humor and investigative journalism to present controversial stories on the public life of religious, political and business leaders in Costa Rica. He was taken to court four times by some of these leaders, and four times he won by presenting evidence that affirmed his credibility and right to free expression. As a matter of fact, he had recently won a fifth case before his assassination after Radio Monumental where he broadcast his program had closed it down. He took the case to the constitutional Supreme Court of Costa Rica and won against one of the biggest commercial radio stations in the country. His program was reinstalled on Monumental and he then continued broadcasting his weekly program. His search for truths that were hardly ever reported by mainstream media led him to work on the latest case he had uncovered at the time of his death. The exposure of the problems of Radio Mar�a, a two-year old Catholic radio station headed by the renowned fundamentalist priest, Father Minor Calvo, who�s radio station had amassed large sums of money, supposedly donated by believers and followers. Parmenio further exposed the hypocrisy of the priest who persecuted gays when the priest himself was found in a park of San Jos�, late at night, with a young boy. The priest alleged that he was teaching the young man to drive. It was later proven by Parmenio that the adolescent had a two-year-old driving license. The scandal was so big that the head of the Catholic Church in the country had to close down the radio station and send Minor away "in meditation." Parmenio had already announced that much more was to come, especially regarding questions of the origins of the millions made by Radio Mar�a. But the journalist was killed five days after this announcement was published in the weekly university newspaper Peri�dico Universidad. Evidence from the scene of the crime which occurred in Parmenio's car right near his home, the method of his assassination, and the fact that it took place just a few hours after he had finished producing his program, all point to the high likelihood that it was carried out by professional assassins hired by someone else. He was killed with three gunshots fired at close range: one in the mouth, to let everyone know that he talked too much; one in the back, to say he was being watched, and one in the aorta, to say that he had to die for what he said. Nothing was stolen from his person or the car. A police investigation is underway to find those responsible for the crime. Parmenio Medina was born in Colombia in 1939. In 1968 he came to live in Costa Rica and became a citizen of the country where he raised a family. Minor of Jes�s Calvo. According to many sources, among them the former dean of the University of Costa Rica and Coordinator of the Peace and Human Development Program of the Arias Foundation, Dr. Fernando Dur�n Allanegui, the Archbishop of the Catholic Church was slow in removing Minor and closing down the radio in response to the scandal. Furthermore, the former university dean stated in a television program in Channel 15 that as a Catholic, he believes that the Archbishop should resign. The quest for the truth about Parmenio's assassination led popular organizations to request that the Ombusdman�s office in the country organize a protest march which took place on Tuesday, July 17. More than 3,000 people congregated in the Parque Nacional (National Park) in the center of San Jos� to express their demand for an end to impunity. Among the posters that marchers carried during the activity, one stated: "Ask Minor, he knows who did it." Another stated that "it is time to separate Church and State" while another asked: "The Church, the government and business have freedom of expression because they have media...where are the public frequencies for the people?" Hear voices about the issue in Spanish at www.fire.or.cr ************************************************* AMARC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK RESEAU DE SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE DE L AMARC RED DE SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE AMARC ALERTA DE SOLIDARIDAD URGENTE: Costa Rica Source: FIRE, Costa Rica Duelo Nacional por asesinato de periodista (Julio 2001) Duro golpe para Democracia y Libertad de Expresi�n Costarricense FIRE, San Jos�. El s�bado 7 de Julio del 2001 pasar� a la historia como el d�a en que en Costa Rica, por primera vez, fue asesinado un comunicador social. Parmenio Medina muri� en el ejercicio leg�timo del derecho a la libertad de informaci�n, prensa y expresi�n, lo cual se constituy� en el m�vil para silenciar su voz. Creador del famoso programa radial "La Patada", que desde el humor cr�tico analizaba la realidad nacional, Medina no dud� en investigar y denunciar hechos relacionados con la vida p�blica de autoridades pol�ticas, religiosas o empresariales. Sus 28 a�os como productor, periodista y comunicador, amalgamaron su estilo genuino y su compromiso con la b�squeda de la verdad. En su trayectoria profesional anduvo por varias emisoras de radio, que lo acogieron y lo desestimaron seg�n la ocasi�n. Su oficio de comunicador no estuvo en duda, su oficio de periodista s�. Parmenio Medina, figura pol�mica en el periodismo costarricense, hab�a nacido en Colombia en 1939. En 1968 se traslad� a vivir a Costa Rica y 4 a�os m�s tarde sali� al aire la primera emisi�n del programa �La Patada��, ltransmitida ininterrumpidamente por 28 a�os, hasta el d�a de su muerte. Su gran contribuci�n al periodismo la realiz� desde la radio, a trav�s del drama, la denuncia documentada, la investigaci�n rigurosa y una amplia dosis de humor, lo que le dio al mismo su trayectoria, gran arraigo y estima popular, as� como cr�ticos e iracundos. Sus �ltimos programas denunciaron hechos que evidenciaban irregularidades en la propiedad y usufructo generados por la emisora cat�lica Radio Mar�a de Guadalupe. Sus denuncias afectaron en esta ocasi�n , la credibilidad del sacerdote Minor de Jes�s Calvo, quien ten�a a su cargo la direcci�n de la estaci�n y a las autoridades de la Iglesia Cat�lica, por ser Calvo uno de sus l�deres m�s carism�ticos. Esta denuncia pol�mica, dio como resultado el cierre de la emisora por orden de la Conferencia Episcopal. A ra�z de esta denuncia period�stica, Parmenio Mediana enfrent� la censura previa , por parte de la emisora Radio Monumental, desde donde transmit�a el programa desde hac�a un a�o. Los empresarios alegaron que �La Patada� incumpli� con la solicitud de eliminar referencias personales, amparados en el contrato que estipulaba que la emisora pod�a calificar y revisar el contenido del programa. La emisora Monumental declar� que su compromiso con los anuncianciantes era primordial. Medina present� un recurso ante la Sala Constitucional , la cual fall� a su favor, obligando a la radio a reincorporar �La Patada�. Su asesinato impact� a la ciudadan�a la cu�l se lanz� a las calles exigiendo respuesta. La Defensor�a de los Habitantes convoc� a una marcha masiva que se realiz�, el martes 17 de julio, fue declarado, por dos horas, d�a de asueto nacional. Si a la vida, no a la impunidad, si a la verdad, no a la corrupci�n, si a la paz, no a la violencia, no a la indiferencia.... Compromet�monos todos, no a la indiferencia.... Escuche las voces de mujeres en la protesta, en www.fire.or.cr/junio01/pamenio.htm --=====================_36012050==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Spanish message follows. URGENT SOLIDARITY ALERT: Costa Rica Source: FIRE, Costa Rica Radio journalist assassinated in Costa Rica (July 2001) For the first time in its longtime democratic history, a journalist was assassinated recently in Costa Rica, most likely in response to his controversial work as an investigative journalist. On July 7, bullets silenced forever the voice of journalist Parmenio Medina, also silencing his right to freedom of expression and the press. Producer of the 28 year old radio program "La Patada," (The Kick in English) Parmenio used humor and investigative journalism to present controversial stories on the public life of religious, political and business leaders in Costa Rica. He was taken to court four times by some of these leaders, and four times he won by presenting evidence that affirmed his credibility and right to free expression. As a matter of fact, he had recently won a fifth case before his assassination after Radio Monumental where he broadcast his program had closed it down. He took the case to the constitutional Supreme Court of Costa Rica and won against one of the biggest commercial radio stations in the country. His program was reinstalled on Monumental and he then continued broadcasting his weekly program. His search for truths that were hardly ever reported by mainstream media led him to work on the latest case he had uncovered at the time of his death. The exposure of the problems of Radio Mar�a, a two-year old Catholic radio station headed by the renowned fundamentalist priest, Father Minor Calvo, who�s radio station had amassed large sums of money, supposedly donated by believers and followers. Parmenio further exposed the hypocrisy of the priest who persecuted gays when the priest himself was found in a park of San Jos�, late at night, with a young boy. The priest alleged that he was teaching the young man to drive. It was later proven by Parmenio that the adolescent had a two-year-old driving license. The scandal was so big that the head of the Catholic Church in the country had to close down the radio station and send Minor away "in meditation." Parmenio had already announced that much more was to come, especially regarding questions of the origins of the millions made by Radio Mar�a. But the journalist was killed five days after this announcement was published in the weekly university newspaper Peri�dico Universidad. Evidence from the scene of the crime which occurred in Parmenio's car right near his home, the method of his assassination, and the fact that it took place just a few hours after he had finished producing his program, all point to the high likelihood that it was carried out by professional assassins hired by someone else. He was killed with three gunshots fired at close range: one in the mouth, to let everyone know that he talked too much; one in the back, to say he was being watched, and one in the aorta, to say that he had to die for what he said. Nothing was stolen from his person or the car. A police investigation is underway to find those responsible for the crime. Parmenio Medina was born in Colombia in 1939. In 1968 he came to live in Costa Rica and became a citizen of the country where he raised a family. Minor of Jes�s Calvo. According to many sources, among them the former dean of the University of Costa Rica and Coordinator of the Peace and Human Development Program of the Arias Foundation, Dr. Fernando Dur�n Allanegui, the Archbishop of the Catholic Church was slow in removing Minor and closing down the radio in response to the scandal. Furthermore, the former university dean stated in a television program in Channel 15 that as a Catholic, he believes that the Archbishop should resign. The quest for the truth about Parmenio's assassination led popular organizations to request that the Ombusdman�s office in the country organize a protest march which took place on Tuesday, July 17. More than 3,000 people congregated in the Parque Nacional (National Park) in the center of San Jos� to express their demand for an end to impunity. Among the posters that marchers carried during the activity, one stated: "Ask Minor, he knows who did it." Another stated that "it is time to separate Church and State" while another asked: "The Church, the government and business have freedom of expression because they have media...where are the public frequencies for the people?" Hear voices about the issue in Spanish at www.fire.or.cr ************************************************* AMARC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK RESEAU DE SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE DE L AMARC RED DE SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE AMARC ALERTA DE SOLIDARIDAD URGENTE: Costa Rica Source: FIRE, Costa Rica Duelo Nacional por asesinato de periodista (Julio 2001) Duro golpe para Democracia y Libertad de Expresi�n Costarricense FIRE, San Jos�. El s�bado 7 de Julio del 2001 pasar� a la historia como el d�a en que en Costa Rica, por primera vez, fue asesinado un comunicador social. Parmenio Medina muri� en el ejercicio leg�timo del derecho a la libertad de informaci�n, prensa y expresi�n, lo cual se constituy� en el m�vil para silenciar su voz. Creador del famoso programa radial "La Patada", que desde el humor cr�tico analizaba la realidad nacional, Medina no dud� en investigar y denunciar hechos relacionados con la vida p�blica de autoridades pol�ticas, religiosas o empresariales. Sus 28 a�os como productor, periodista y comunicador, amalgamaron su estilo genuino y su compromiso con la b�squeda de la verdad. En su trayectoria profesional anduvo por varias emisoras de radio, que lo acogieron y lo desestimaron seg�n la ocasi�n. Su oficio de comunicador no estuvo en duda, su oficio de periodista s�. Parmenio Medina, figura pol�mica en el periodismo costarricense, hab�a nacido en Colombia en 1939. En 1968 se traslad� a vivir a Costa Rica y 4 a�os m�s tarde sali� al aire la primera emisi�n del programa �La Patada��, ltransmitida ininterrumpidamente por 28 a�os, hasta el d�a de su muerte. Su gran contribuci�n al periodismo la realiz� desde la radio, a trav�s del drama, la denuncia documentada, la investigaci�n rigurosa y una amplia dosis de humor, lo que le dio al mismo su trayectoria, gran arraigo y estima popular, as� como cr�ticos e iracundos. Sus �ltimos programas denunciaron hechos que evidenciaban irregularidades en la propiedad y usufructo generados por la emisora cat�lica Radio Mar�a de Guadalupe. Sus denuncias afectaron en esta ocasi�n , la credibilidad del sacerdote Minor de Jes�s Calvo, quien ten�a a su cargo la direcci�n de la estaci�n y a las autoridades de la Iglesia Cat�lica, por ser Calvo uno de sus l�deres m�s carism�ticos. Esta denuncia pol�mica, dio como resultado el cierre de la emisora por orden de la Conferencia Episcopal. A ra�z de esta denuncia period�stica, Parmenio Mediana enfrent� la censura previa , por parte de la emisora Radio Monumental, desde donde transmit�a el programa desde hac�a un a�o. Los empresarios alegaron que �La Patada� incumpli� con la solicitud de eliminar referencias personales, amparados en el contrato que estipulaba que la emisora pod�a calificar y revisar el contenido del programa. La emisora Monumental declar� que su compromiso con los anuncianciantes era primordial. Medina present� un recurso ante la Sala Constitucional , la cual fall� a su favor, obligando a la radio a reincorporar �La Patada�. Su asesinato impact� a la ciudadan�a la cu�l se lanz� a las calles exigiendo respuesta. La Defensor�a de los Habitantes convoc� a una marcha masiva que se realiz�, el martes 17 de julio, fue declarado, por dos horas, d�a de asueto nacional. Si a la vida, no a la impunidad, si a la verdad, no a la corrupci�n, si a la paz, no a la violencia, no a la indiferencia.... Compromet�monos todos, no a la indiferencia.... Escuche las voces de mujeres en la protesta, en www.fire.or.cr/junio01/pamenio.htm <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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