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“… it’s not just criminal libel complaints, even though the frivolous use of that legal anomaly by “llorones sin cojones” is annoying. No, it’s people invading private lives, scaring children, following my wife in the streets. My daughter gets scared every time a policeman shows up with a court citation. I have to be on my guard, always watch which cars are parked in the street …”

and with these final, troubling lines, Okke Ornstein said goodbye, and shut down his notorious muckraking site. today scam-artists, content thieves, pedophiles, and corrupt officials can break out the duros. noriegaville is dead. read more»

9/24 - both panama and the u.s. were snubbed this week, when it was announced that mad max star mel gibson will be selling his palatial homes in California and Connecticut, and taking his tribe to a wasteland known as the guanacaste province.

no doubt ticos are thrilled to have him. it’s said mel has already dropped $26 million into his feral estate on Costa Rica’s northern Pacific coast, and donated big money to the arias government.

that means all he needs to do is hire a couple of hot, $200 a month maids and he’s good to go. read more»