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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANAN ROS LEHTINEN BELIEVES THE OEA IS A WASTED ORGANIZATION

Carta enviada a la Congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
añadiendo a su opinion sobre las agencias desperdiciadas.

Dear Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Last time we met was at Mary Brickell Village and we spoke about my grandfather, Francisco Urcuyo Maliano, who was Vice President during the last moments of Somoza.
That day I mentioned briefly about my family and I mentioned to you how grateful we are to you towards everyone including the Nicaraguan people.

I read article in which you mentioned that OEA a similar agency such as Human Rights Organization seem to be wasted organization.
CONGRESISTA DE EE.UU. AFIRMA QUE LA OEA ES UNA “AGENCIA DESPERDICIADA”

Not only my father and I agree with you regarding these organizations but I also write to you because my father seems to be running out of air with the injustices he has gone through and is currently going through with the justice system in Nicaragua and the CIDH Commission on Human Rights here in Washington D.C.

I have told him in several instances that I gave up on our rights, the human rights.

But I have not given up entirely since that would represent total loss of faith. And faith cannot be lost.

I have approached you in the past about the human rights being violated and you kindly forwarded a request to the office of Chairman Bereuter to help us with the economic crimes being committed in Nicaragua by the Citigroup Organization.

Chairman Bereuter’s office and the Bank’s Public Relations office replied that they were not in any position to talk about the case.
Everyone seemed to be turning their heads away from the truth we have told. Futile seemed to be a common word among everyone we came across and ask for help.

Back then, the word Futile emerged after the effortless decision of a Federal Judge in Miami ruled against a complete panel of jurors who ruled against the bank who stole more that $3 million US dollars at that time including taxes. (Not to mention all the overwhelming evidence we presented against the bank.)

The jury or the people voted in our favor and/or against the bank for clearly stealing our money and the judge simply ignore the truth and ruled in favor of the bank. The judge also ruled against all humanity that day for shadowing the truth.

Back then it seemed clear that a government favor was in place but I guess now it is more clear to everybody after the bank bailout.

I am not here to fight to death with this bank, I am here to bring back the human rights and bring back the dignity of my family who has been a victim of this giant organization who has ruthlessly managed to buy its way across the field of justice.

Now in Nicaragua, the Supreme Court of Nicaragua decided to charge us the same amount of money we are suing the bank for in order to continue with the trial.

That is clearly an ANTI CONSTITUTION ACT aided by this organization that is contributing to the corruption of the nation or nations.

When the Nicaraguan Supreme Court decided to fabricate an ANTI CONSTITUTIONAL ACT against my family, that is when we dediced to ask for help to the CIDH or Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
At this point my father and I said that we have reached the top of the courts in the world.
We imagined that this court would be waiting for us to present our case and work on it diligently.
We forward a petition P 615-13 Peticion
Few weeks passed and what a surprise we find that when I called

Please read below is the last communication I had with the Commission of Human Rights.
Please read how she mentions that it takes 7 or 10 years for the cases to be read.
Then, many more years for the case to be taking into consideration and start a legal process.

My father just suffered a serious health issue which left him unable to walk or speak for many weeks.

Thank God, he seems to be doing better but not better to wait more than a decade for the Human Rights Organization to review our case.

I ask for your help, help us, help everyone start believing in justice and start believing in human rights.

Thank you

Luis Urcuyo

María Isabel Rivero
Directora de la Oficina de Prensa y Difusiónmrivero@oas.org
Teléfono directo: +1 (202) 370-9001
Teléfono celular: +1 (202) 215-4142
Correo electrónico: mrivero@oas.org
Correo electrónico de la Oficina de Prensa: cidh-prensa@oas.org

Segun nuestra conversacion hoy 4 de junio de 2013.

Estimada Sra Rivero

Yo quede bastante decepcionado de su organizacion CIDH

Segun ud. me explica, las denuncias que una persona envia ante la Comision para ser revisadas tarda entre 6 y 7 años. lo cual ud me dice luego que en un gran avance por que antes tardaba 10 años o mas.

Me dice tambien que tienen 8 mil denuncias y solo tiene a una persona encargada en revisar dichas denuncias.

Muchas de las personas que hacen estas denuncias quiza eso es lo que tienen de vida.

Gracias y buenas tardes

CONGRESISTA DE EE.UU. AFIRMA QUE LA OEA ES UNA “AGENCIA DESPERDICIADA”

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Fraud Committed by Citibank

Saturday, December 18, 2010

One Man's Faith

Dignity

Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of enlightenment-era beliefs that individuals have God-given, inviolable rights, and thus is closely related to concepts like virtue, respect, self-respect, autonomy, human rights, and enlightened reason. Dignity is generally proscriptive and cautionary: in politics it is usually synonymous to 'human dignity', and is used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, though in some case has been extended to apply to cultures and sub-cultures, religious beliefs and ideals, animals used for food or research, and even plants. In more colloquial settings it is used to suggest that someone is not receiving a proper degree of respect, or even that they are failing to treat themselves with proper self-respect.

Read how one of the largest institutions in the world has managed to drag a case for over 30 years. Seems absurd but that is exactly what they have chosen to do in the case in the Urcuyo vs. Citibank despite the overwhelming evidence against the bank. They have taken the case to new levels. Against human rights level.

How it all began

It all began when we were forced to go into exile to Guatemala in 1979.
I left Nicaragua with my parents and paternal grandparents due to the civil unrest, which existed during that time. I was 9 years old during that time.
My grandfather, Dr. Francisco Urcuyo Maliaño was the former Vice President of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza Debayle being the President of Nicaragua.
Later my grandfather became President of Nicaragua for a couple of days prior to the arrival of the Sandinista Government (Communist Gov't. at that time).

When the Sandinista Regime overthrew Somoza's regime out of power, all people related to Somoza went out into exile to other countries in the region and around the world. My family and I left to Guatemala and received great attention from Mr. Romeo Lucas, President of Guatemala at that time. My grandfather had met Lucas on several occasions when my grandfather served as Ambassador of Nicaragua in Guatemala years prior to 1979.
We made a last minute escape from Nicaragua narrowly escaping death. Sandinista forces open fire against the plane we were traveling and the off seemed like a scene from a movie.
We later learned that bullets had struck the plane we were in but fortunately never realized that until we reached Guatemalan soil. We had made it alive.

We arrived in Guatemala on July 19th 1979

We began to unpack our belongings, almost non existant due to the nature of our departure from Nicaragua. We were forced to leave behind clothing, important documents, and other belongings.
Days after the arrival into what would become our political exile life, my grandfather began to approach a couple of banks he maintained accounts with, including Citibank, with the intention to begin to utilize some money for his survival and ours.

My grandfather began by calling Citibank and asking for his funds to be transferred to his new address in another country. It was to his surprise when Citibank informed us that they turned over our money to the new Sandinista Government of Nicaragua.
That was probably the first time I came across the word, confiscated. After pleading to Citibank for his money, my grandfather received letters from Citibank regretting to inform him that the bank had turned over the money to the Sandinista government.
In order to view the actual letter received by Citibank Officials from my grandfather's claim regarding his money Click Here.

My grandfather disagreed but trusted the word of that Citibank high banking official, Mr. Eddie Rene Pinilla (Manager of the Caribbean and Central America). On that letter he clearly states that the money was turned over to the new government.

Jaw dropping as it sounds. My grandfather relied on the truthfulness and reputation of such a powerful financial institution for many years to come.

We were finally allowed back into Nicaragua

10 years later , due to a change of government in Nicaragua to a more democratic one allowed us to return to the country and initiate an investigation regarding the whereabouts of my family’s money. Did the Nicaraguan government take the money we deposited in Citibank or did Citibank fabricate a story and kept the money?

Fact or Fiction

My grandparents searched everywhere in Nicaragua including the banking regulatory agencies, the Minister of Finance's Office (Letter Attached), even the Banco Central de Nicaragua and all of them concluded that they had confiscated several things from my grandparents but never was any money turned over from Citibank. The banks stories turned out to be fiction.

Citibank blamed The Sandinistas, claiming that the Sandinistas had confiscated all money and properties belonging to Dr. Francisco Urcuyo and immediate family including the Citibank account mentioned above.

By now the bank has demonstrated that they are not the trusted bank we all have learned to trust but instead a bank capable to steal your lifesavings and lie about it.

Someone would think that if you turn over around $75,000 you would keep records of such transaction but that was not the case as later revealed in a federal court case held in Miami back in 1997.

My grandfather was outraged for being betrayed in such a manner and also learning that the banking giant had stolen his money more than a decade ago.

After learning the truth, I was outraged and decided to bring justice back to my grandparents and our family. All the difficult moments and memories from the hard life of exile I experienced and lived with my grandparents has led me to relentlessly pursue for justice. It became my mission by helping my grandparents recuperate their money stolen from the banking giant and their corrupted officials.

The fight began in a Federal Court in Miami

We began the fight against Citibank in 1997 and since then I have been fighting for what rightfully belongs to my family's. Knowing the facts, the money was taken from my grandparents and never returned gave me a huge sense of injustice and the quest for justice began.

Helping my grandparents recuperate their money meant several things to me,
A.Bring justice for my grandparents
B.Help them spend their last years together with less worries about their finances
C.Re pay them for all they did for me, raising me since I was 15 years old
D.Closing of this case would also bring closing to the past and the desperate economic times we all lived during the exile

We immediately then decided to sue the banking giant and I was in charge of looking for attorneys to take on the case and take on a contingency basis. We hired several attorneys and for the next 7 years I spent communicating between the bank, the attorneys,and my grandparents but it seemed to go nowhere. In 1997 I visited the law firm of Liebler Gonzales and Portuondo in Downtown Miami. They deciced to take on the case an sue the banking giant in Federal Court in Miami.

The case began in a Federal Court in Miami

Knowing the facts, the money was taken from my grandparents and never returned gave me a huge sense of injustice and the quest for justice began. Helping my grandparents recuperate their money meant several things to me, including bring justice to my grandparents
Help them spend their last years together with less worries about their finances, re pay them for all they did for me, raising me since I was 15 years old.
Closing of this case would also bring closing to the past and the desperate economic times we all lived during the exile.

We immediately then decided to sue the banking giant and I was in charge of looking for attorneys to take on the case and take on a contingency basis. We hired several attorneys and for the next years I spent communicating between the bank, the attorneys,and my grandparents but it seemed to go nowhere. In 1997 I visited the law firm of Liebler Gonzales and Portuondo in Downtown Miami. They deciced to take on the case an sue the banking giant in Federal Court in Miami.

Liebler Gonzales & Portunondo got to work

We manage to bring to the courts mountain of evidence which concluded that Citibank stole the money and never gave it back to my grandparents. It also concluded that the letter written by a Citibank official was so convincing that it managed to convince my grandparents that indeed their money was confiscated by the Sandinistas.

What happens next is the biggest charade of justice as it was not present in our case. Perhaps the long arm of the law did not reach as far as the long arm of corruption from the banking giant.

Jury came back in our favor unanimously and against Citibank for their wrongdoings

The jury came back unanimously in favor of my grandparent and the evidence were overwhelming against Citibank and even the judge agreed in the court findings that Citibank was guilty of all counts. But we received news later that the judge had reversed the jury's decision because the jury did not understand banking laws.

Please read the findings of fact and the conclusion of the case and see for yourself how damaging evidence is against Citibank and at the end disappears and turns into thin air. You can view the jury's instructions in the case given by the judge.

http://www.luisurcuyo.blogspot.com/

Many things came to our heads including;

How can the judge change the jury's unanimous verdict

How Citibank, with no evidence supporting their case, managed to persuade the judge in their favor
How the overwhelming evidence which mounted high against Citibank was not enough for the judge rule in our favor
Is Citibank going to get away with robbery once again?

The Law firm Liebler, Gonzales, and Portuondo were not as enthusiastic as they were at the beginning of the case but then again I could sense a different atmosphere half way down the trial. I helped the attorneys in providing key pieces of information which lead to the Jury's Fianl Decision which at the end made no difference.

Our attorneys started with 3 enthusiastic attorneys and we finish with 1 attorney who did not want to take the case to the Supreme Court. He basically said that the buck stops here basically. Having hired them on a contingency basis, I had little leverage for convincing them to take the case to the Supreme Court.

I searched for other law firms to take on the case and most attorneys I encountered said that the could not even consider fighting against the banking Goliath.

Went to Congress for help

I went to the US Congress for help with this injustice and was bounced around from Congressman Doug Bereuter, to Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to Chairperson but all show very little or no willingness to help us with our case. I have letters and records from Congress and the Chairman from the banking Committee at that time, Congressman Doug Bereuter. All seemed to be in vain and no real interest was shown from anybody to even review the injustices from Citibank and the Courts erroneous decisions.

Weeks turned into Months and months into years, and despite the tremendous disappointment from the US Courts, my grandfather and I maintained communication as usual every week regarding the current events from the case as well as the tactics we may be planning in our quest for bringing the bank to justice.

Justice seemed to fade and everything I had learned about justice in this country seemed like a farse.

Citibank wanted to come back to Nicaragua after more than 30 years out of the country.

By now, my grandparents passed away but not since receiving the last disappointment. My grandfather learned that Citibank wanted to take over the Social Security Administration or Pensions in Nicaragua. After i learned this I immediately began to approach the Nicaraguan newspapers and expose the bank to the media.

I wrote an article in the Nicaraguan Newspaper once I found out that Citibank wanted to handle the Social Security Money of Nicaraguan Citizens. I was outraged that this bank knew the facts about the case, robbed my grandfather, (a high ranking Nicaraguan official) and then decides to enter the country once again without paying their dues.

Article in the Nuevo Diario (Nicaraguan Newspaper)

I wrote an article advicing Nicaraguan citizens to beware of the pirates coming to town.
The article is located here
http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2001/abril/28-abril-2001/nacional/nacional4.html

Weeks and months passed again and since my grandfather had passed I continued handling the case by myself for a while and for a brief period of time.

My father, also named Francisco Urcuyo was left as the person in charge of all my grandparents affairs. My father and I decided to continue our quest for justice against the banking giant once they stepped into Nicaraguan soil.

Citibank back in Nicaragua

Which is precisely what happen a few years later when Citibank bought Banco Uno. Banco Uno served as the bridge for Citibank to come in to Nicaragua once again and perhaps begin to plan another heist. We said, no way, and realized that it was the perfect opportunity to sue the bank coming back to Nicaraguan soil after almost 30 years.

The bank cannot possibly produce any documents that were not presented during the case in Miami's Federal Court. Moreover suing them in Nicaragua will be twice as interesting as we will be able to know who took the money. Also the Sandinistas will get to confront Citibank about the bank blaming the Sandinistas for taking the money without a single shred of evidence which proves the money ever being turned over to the Sandinistas.

Citibank is being Sued in Nicaragua

We are now suing Citibank in a Nicaraguan court for the amount of $19.6 million dollars. This is by using a simple interest chart table provided by the Banco de Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government would like to see the truth come to light when it comes to the banking giant making false accusations about the whereabouts of the money. Blaming the Sandinistas was the easiest thing to do but they must be brought to justice.

Link Below shows you pictures of evidence used against Citibank in the case Urcuyo vs. Citibank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10231311@N07/show/with/3202569788/

There are mountain of evidence and correspondence about this case and the truth will come out.

Justice will prevail, justice must prevail.

Luis Urcuyo
luisurcuyo@hotmail.com

Saturday, March 28, 2009

“Corrido” por falla en juzgado

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2009/marzo/28/noticias/nacionales/319456.shtml

Abogado se queja de gestión de despacho judicial
Eduardo Cruz Sánchez
nacionales@laprensa.com.ni
publicidad

Millonaria demanda
La demanda que realizaba el abogado Carlos Arroyo, a favor de Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños, Presidente de Nicaragua por dos días, es contra un Citibank que operó en el país antes del triunfo de la Revolución sandinista.
Urcuyo Maliaños depositó en ese banco 375 mil córdobas, pero ahora su hijo, Francisco Urcuyo Muñoz, pide al banco el equivalente de un millón 221 mil 428.49 córdobas, más los intereses, que en dólares ascienden a más de tres millones 218 mil 503, por los casi 30 años que han transcurrido desde que se hizo el depósito.
El abogado Carlos Arroyo Ugarte se quejó de que en el Juzgado Quinto Distrito de lo Civil de Managua nunca le dieron trámite a una demanda que presentó a favor del ex presidente de la República, Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños (q.e.p.d.), por lo que su cliente, hijo del ex mandatario, lo “despidió”.
Arroyo dijo que por las fallas que existen en el nuevo Modelo de Gestión de Despacho Judicial en los Juzgados de Managua, las causas nunca avanzan y responsabilizó a la oficina de Tramitación de los Juzgados de Managua.
También pidió al Juzgado Quinto Distrito de lo Civil se aplique el artículo 95 de la Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial, el cual establece que el retardo injustificado para que un juez resuelva produce responsabilidad. El abogado también acusaría por el delito de retardo malicioso, según el artículo 465 del Código Penal vigente.
Arroyo representaba al ex presidente Urcuyo Maliaños, ya fallecido, en la causa contra un banco extranjero, en el cual en mayo de 1979 el ex mandatario depositó 375 mil córdobas, dinero que ahora su hijo Francisco Urcuyo Muñoz intenta recuperar porque nunca le fue confiscado a su padre, según consta en documentos oficiales.
Según la página web del Poder Judicial, la causa en cuestión está a cargo del juez Luis Miguel Benavides.
OCHO ESCRITOS
Arroyo explicó que presentó ocho escritos ante el Juzgado Quinto Distrito de lo Civil, para que la causa avanzara, pero nunca hubo una resolución judicial en respuesta a sus pedidos.
La única respuesta que recibió del Juzgado Quinto Distrito de lo Civil es una notificación en la que confunden las identidades del demandante y de los demandados, indicó Arroyo.
Francisco Urcuyo Muñoz habría prescindido de los servicios de Arroyo y habría puesto en su lugar al abogado Víctor Grijalba Llanes, según manifestó Arroyo y así consta en la página web del Poder Judicial.
Arroyo dijo sentirse muy perjudicado con la situación, porque ya tenía el trabajo avanzado y ahora lo pierde todo no por negligencia de él, sino porque en el Juzgado Quinto Distrito de lo Civil de Managua nunca le proveyeron, causando que su cliente buscara otro abogado.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Dignity

Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of enlightenment-era beliefs that individuals have God-given, inviolable rights, and thus is closely related to concepts like virtue, respect, self-respect, autonomy, human rights, and enlightened reason. Dignity is generally proscriptive and cautionary: in politics it is usually synonymous to 'human dignity', and is used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, though in some case has been extended to apply to cultures and sub-cultures, religious beliefs and ideals, animals used for food or research, and even plants. In more colloquial settings it is used to suggest that someone is not receiving a proper degree of respect, or even that they are failing to treat themselves with proper self-respect.

I know that there are worst things happening around the world and missery is touching the lives of many people at the moment.
As we all tighten our belts, many people say "any tighter and we could not breath."
Unfortunately, living during these tough times makes you more aware and concern towards the unfurtunate situations happening to everyone. We tend to focus more on our love ones and at the end of the day. the remains of breath is distributed to the rest of the world but everyting is taken very searious.

You hear alot of about the subprime mortage and the toxic assets whom everbody is trying to get rid of. In fact, Citibank is very clever when hiding their toxic assets and almost instantaneously became from zombie bank to profitable bank.
I call it a clever move, and may we all get out of the slump as quickly as possible. We all know now how quickly our stocks are worth less than a dollar one week and the next week we are woth almost five times more. Good news travel just as well as bad news or bad banking practices.

Bad banking practices is what we have experienced in Nicaragua. Specially my grandparents and their immediate family. By now you are aware of the Urcuyo vs. Citibank case
which is currently taking place in Nicaragua.
The case is looking very shady in to what appears to be bribes on behalf of the Citibank Nicaragua Operations. They have single handedly dedicated themselves to cover up the case against the we have against the bank in a less than professional manner. In fact, they have managed to ridicule the Nicaraguan court system by deniying that the are in fact Citibank from today and not the Citibank they were more than 30 years ago. They said it was another banking. It seems very primary to respond such ridicule answer while longing on the reputation of the name Citibank.
I urge you to contact the person in charge in Nicaragua as we demand our money and it is clear on what position everone must take.
We can and will resolve this in the most flawless manner as we would not like to continue with bad publicity or any. Later comes the propagation of information which has already started.
Now, more than ever it is time to demonstrate that Citibank is once again in Nicaragua and Latin America to help their citizens.
Everone has risk enough and i do not think they would like to fear to experience what we have from your actions from the past.Risking the simplest safekeeping of their money is not an option.
It must be a guarantee for everone.

I would like to share with you that the money than vanished from your bank more than 30 years ago, it belonged to my gradmother as most of the money deposited in the account was money she won in the Nicaraguan national loterry 2 months before the money dispappear from your vault.
Back then $75 K, is today close to half a million dollars or more.
I bet, if I was to ask people around the Nicaragua and Latin America, to whom they would turn to if they lost half a million dollars from their bank account.
Most already have answers since the Maddoff and sup prime chaos it created in wall street and mainstreet. We can make a more desperate scenerio also adding they would be thrown into exile in a whole new different environment and different country with new costumes not accostume to. It would be very meaningful to receive back your money.

At least, give it back after you realize from the overwhelming evidence against the bank.

One would expect a small sign of respect and dignity towards humanity.

You could find a couple of stories ranging from People ripped off from Maddoff, people who lost in the stock, people who have lost in the real state world.

There is nothing more gratifying to everyone than progress and good things to happening to everone around you but Citibank must accept the facts and respond like professionals and well educated people.
We brought overwhelming evidence against the bank and the bank could not present a single shred ofevidence, in fact, it brought in paid consultant from Harvard, may be not in the banks private jets but for sure first class.
Citibank has spent alot of money when they could have simply paid what they owe us a long time ago and we would all have gone on with our lives.

I could also be reached at luisurcuyo@hotmail.com

Thank You

Luis Urcuyo
http://luisurcuyo.blogpost.com/

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001276671-page.html

This link will take you to the list of individuals responsible for Citibank in Nicaragua.
They will soon respond for the wrong decisions made by their previous executives in power.

Even though they are not the responsible persons for the mystery vanishing of my family's money more than 30 years ago, they are responsible for the current actions and posture they take on the Urcuyo vs. Citibank case currently in the Nicaraguan court system.

They have demonstrated to act irresponsibly and deny all claims we have made against their bank, they have also shown to side with the wrong side of the law bribing the judges in Nicaragua as well.

Citibank must accept their actions and wrongdoings and pay my family what we trusted in them to take care of, our money. It has been proven that they took my family's money and never returned it and NOW it is time to pay back.

to learn more simply go to http://luisurcuyo.blogspot.com/ or http://360.yahoo.com/luisurcuyo

Luis Urcuyo