SF4-EVER
Jul 19, 2002, 04:04 AM
This admittedly has little to do with the Beatles themselves, but I thought the link to the Maharishi might be of interest. -- Sandra
LINK (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020718/ap_wo_en_po/costa_rica_foreigners_expelled_4) to story.
Costa Rica expels foreigners for naming king of remote Indian reservation
Thu Jul 18, 5:18 PM ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica's president has ordered the expulsion of a group of foreigners, apparently linked to an Indian guru, after they paid members of an Indian reservation in return for the right to name a king, the country's security minister said Thursday.
The foreigners, members of an organization called the Global Country for for World Peace, allegedly offered each family dlrs 250 a month in return for the right to name the king of the Talamanca reserve, 140 miles (230 kms) south of the capital, San Jose.
A ceremony on June 23, which named one of the Indians as the community's first king, caused unrest among many residents of the reserve. They then asked Costa Rican officials to step in.
After analyzing a report by the security ministry, President Abel Pacheco decided to expel German Emmanuel Schiffgens, the organization's presumed leader.
"The president reviewed the report and for him it was obvious that they were promoting an independent state within Costa Rica, and we can't tolerate that," Security Minister Rogelio Ramos said.
In March last year, Schiffgens was listed as prime minister of the Netherlands-based Global Country of World Peace, a "nation without borders" founded by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a spiritual leader with followers around the world who was once guru to The Beatles.
His followers also have a large base and schools in Fairfield, Iowa.
The Global Country's "sovereign ruler" is Raja Nader Raam, also known as Tony Nader, who the group's web site credits with discovering "the constitution of the universe."
Schiffgens has said that the group did nothing wrong, and only wanted development for the remote, poor region in the mountains near the border with Panama.
Ramos accused the group of trying to "seduce the Indians with large quantities of money."
Officials did not release the number of foreigners who accompanied Schiffgens, or where they were from. He said all would be forced to leave the country.
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LINK (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020718/ap_wo_en_po/costa_rica_foreigners_expelled_4) to story.
Costa Rica expels foreigners for naming king of remote Indian reservation
Thu Jul 18, 5:18 PM ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica's president has ordered the expulsion of a group of foreigners, apparently linked to an Indian guru, after they paid members of an Indian reservation in return for the right to name a king, the country's security minister said Thursday.
The foreigners, members of an organization called the Global Country for for World Peace, allegedly offered each family dlrs 250 a month in return for the right to name the king of the Talamanca reserve, 140 miles (230 kms) south of the capital, San Jose.
A ceremony on June 23, which named one of the Indians as the community's first king, caused unrest among many residents of the reserve. They then asked Costa Rican officials to step in.
After analyzing a report by the security ministry, President Abel Pacheco decided to expel German Emmanuel Schiffgens, the organization's presumed leader.
"The president reviewed the report and for him it was obvious that they were promoting an independent state within Costa Rica, and we can't tolerate that," Security Minister Rogelio Ramos said.
In March last year, Schiffgens was listed as prime minister of the Netherlands-based Global Country of World Peace, a "nation without borders" founded by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a spiritual leader with followers around the world who was once guru to The Beatles.
His followers also have a large base and schools in Fairfield, Iowa.
The Global Country's "sovereign ruler" is Raja Nader Raam, also known as Tony Nader, who the group's web site credits with discovering "the constitution of the universe."
Schiffgens has said that the group did nothing wrong, and only wanted development for the remote, poor region in the mountains near the border with Panama.
Ramos accused the group of trying to "seduce the Indians with large quantities of money."
Officials did not release the number of foreigners who accompanied Schiffgens, or where they were from. He said all would be forced to leave the country.
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Contributing Editor for Rooftop Sessions (http://www.rooftopsessions.com)
Lennon's Line (http://www.sandraulbrich.com/lennon.htm)--A science fiction series about John's descendants--Updated 6/29/02