Bounty: A Tropical Story

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Anisette Johnson Mar.1991  

Anisette Johnson adopted daughter of Giulia Johnson who died in 1970, lost her lover Francisco a few years ago, now living alone. 64 years old Anisette has transferred the daily leadership of the company to her son José Johnson although she is officially the chairman of R. Johnson Holdings. She is well known in public eyes, due to being a “Business Weekly” expert commentator at Radio South R2.

 

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Adrián Ciccone, Oct. 1991

After losing his 2^nd wife Norma last year, 61 years Adrián Ciccone now lives alone in an apartment in Cepero Town facing Ruben Ruiz Strait. Adrián Ciccone is the son of Greta Navarro. He lost his first wife Margit in 1961 and his son Anton in a house fire in 1977. In the 80’s he worked in construction, now he is in a department of City Trucks at Harbor District.  

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December 1991

The pressure on the religious services have been huge for many years, the people sometimes coming hours before the start to secure a seat. With a large donation from Andreas & Mafalda Wolf foundation, The Catholic Church of Bounty have managed to fund the construction of Bounty City Cathedral. First bishop will be Adam Laurent, who arrived from Vatican City the 17^th of December. Catholics constitute 41,2% of the population, The Ordre 24,7%, Spiritual Baptist 18,6%. Some people take part in both Catholic and The Ordre’s services. The remaining 15,5% covers mainly Protestants, Islamists and Atheists.  

    

 

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José Johnson Apr. 1992

Yelena and José Johnson lost their firstborn Carla as a baby back in 1974, but got another two children Carina and Aleto in the late 70’s. Yelena got pregnant again in 1984 and gave birth to their third daughter Moria. Despite the fact that they could afford much more, they still prefer to live amongst the more common people in an apartment block, recently bought by the company in the southwestern part of Cepero Town. The building complex now named “Moria Tower”.

José Johnson is now the daily leader of R. Johnson Workwear and the family’s other possession. Right now, aiming to branch into forestry, to grab the furniture market, otherwise only supplied by import. The construction of a furniture factory already started. Currently José negotiate with local tribe leaders to set up logging camps in south jungle.

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August 1992

Due to the fact that a fire is fire raging at Department of Political Science. A study to reduce the number of rats crawling around in residential areas due to piles of trash, is on hold. Other interesting projects like reducing the waiting time at bus stops, ways to attract investors to replace older residential building with new and modern and a study of the increased crime at Cepero Islands have also been postponed.

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Lucas Sanz, Nov. 1992

Lucas Sanz lost his 2^nd wife, 71 years old Yulia at springtime. Lucas is the son in law of Grete Navarro and the father of now deceased Josefa Sanz children. After losing Yulia, he left the apartment at Plateau Village moving to Cepero Island to try his luck there. So far it has not been great, he survives on day-to-day jobs at the plantations, living at the beach, well aware that he needs to build a shelter before the rain season comes. Lucas is 64 years old.

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Deaths in 1992

Anisette Johnson died 66 years old. Anisette was trough adaption by her mother Giulia, the granddaughter of Robert Johnson, founder of R. Johnson WorkWear. Which later developed into a wider corporation with  production of textiles, cotton and wool. Investments in steel, firearms, infrastructure and shipping. And lately furniture manufacturing.

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February 1993

Construction investors ejected an apartment complex just as you enter Plateau Village from the city, the project was sold to a rental resident company, swiftly sucking up workers from the area.

 

At the foot of the hill, Hotel America build a burger bar to entertain the hotel guest and the new tower residents.

 

 

 

 

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April 1993

A new larger tourist destination was constructed near "The Gaia’s birth of Jesus Monument", at the initiative of German chef Andreas Becker with some support from “Visit Bounty”. It is mainly aimed to attract tourist from Germany and Scandinavia. Attending Grilled Pork Party’s entertained by worn out Deutsche Schlager singers and 70’s Swedish folk musicians. The complex holds 12 family huts and 12 hotel rooms.

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Dolores Sullivan and Alexandre Martin, May 1993

Back in the 80’s Dolores Sullivan met miner Alexandre Martin and lived with him in a small apartment in “New Village” Cepero Town. She got a rather late first pregnancy in 1985 and they moved into a little bit larger apartment in Lucia Village, where the rent is lower due to the pollution from M. Leroy Firearms. Last year Dolores gave birth to a 2^nd son Mikel. The couple decided to marry. The mother and firstborn son Ronnie kept their last name Sullivan. Whereas Mikel was baptized Mikel Sullivan Martin. They were hoping to get into the new South Jungle Tower complex, but that was already filled up and probably also too expensive anyway. Dolores is now 34 years old and works at S/L shipping just across the street. 49 years old Alexandre works at Schubert Holding’s nickel mine down the road. 7 years old Ronnie go to school at President Williams.

                   

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Sister Sullivan Dec.1993

Sister Sullivan is now 59 years old. After her oil investments in 1988 one of the wealthiest persons at Bounty Islands, recently she bought the most expensive address in the city, “The mansion of Dr. Sofia Pellegrini”, Juan Pérez Residential Area at North Harbor Road, neighboring the Parliament and the Council. Even though she belongs to the upper 0.6% of the population, she haven’t got a car, she takes the bus. “Not to seem too posh”. Har daughters Dolores and Shana claim she’s just scared of cars.

Sister Sullivan is known to throw luxurious parties. Gathering people like “Schubert” owners Alba and Finn Van de Berg, Head of Council Rubén Benítez, young and famous actress Ane Smirnow, radio host Tess Bakker, defence minister Mónica Fernández with husband Pablo and playboy Francisco Ruiz, rumored to be her secret lover.

Sister Verónica passed away and now Sister Valeria leads the two chapels in Bounty City, Sister Chloé the Worship in Cepero Town. Sister Sullivan is of course still the overall responsible, but delegates most of the daily tasks. She only holds one service a year, the Christmas Celebration at Gaia’s birth of Jesus.       

 

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Deaths in 1993

Dolores Sullivan became pregnant again less than a year after she gave birth to Mikel Sullivan Martin, sadly Mikel died from Bacterial Sepsis just weeks before the new baby was born.

José Johnson’s negotiations with the native tribe leaders was long and hard, but he finally succeeded to make a deal. Johnson Holdings will provide a yearly sum to the native Calusa community in the Southern Jungle and can locate a maximum of two logging camps, provided they restock the forests, not to spoil the natural habitat of the Calusa hunter’s pray, especially the Collared Peccary, Wild Domestic Pig and the Red Brocket.

Why all that is mentioned here thought, is because José Johnson’s group was attacked on the way back through the jungle, several guards was killed and José Johnson was kidnapped. We don’t know if he is death. Media suspect criminal networks such as “Loyal to Familia” or Members of the Calusa tribe or even Extreme Environmentalists, there have been no official mention of a ransom so no one really knows. It is completely unclear who those men were. Yelena Johnson now leads all Johnson Group activities.

 

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January 1994

Technical leader at Department of Political Science, 62 years old Russia born Svetlana Becker have developed a low energy oil heater and a furnace fuel oil spray nozzle to be able to use raw oil at existing coal power plants. Cepero Coal Plant (from now just Cepero Power) has installed the system, now just waiting for the first shipment from Sullivan Oil. The system also contains a carbon filter to reduce pollution.

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Verónica & Carlos Sanz, Jun. 1994

Verónica & Carlos Sanz first born child Pete died from an insect bite in 1976, after several miscarriages, they got Jimmy in 1983. 39 years old Carlos is still a captain in the army, but was transferred from the old fort to the camp in Harbor District. 37 years old Verónica Sanz, tired from the hard work at Bay Cheese Ltd. took a voluntary wage cut, to get a much more creative position as exhibition manager at The Cultural House. The family left the attractive apartment at The Donkey Curve, buying a house in Cattle Road Residential Area. The Sanz family lives at the ground floor, renting out the upper floor to Dutch Evi and Sem Muis. Clearly not as outstanding as the rented Donkey Curve apartment, but a much better investment in the future. Their son Jimmy is now 11 years old, attending school at President Williams.

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July 1994

A fire broke out at the old Circus building from 1899, one person died in the flames. At this point it is impossible to determine the material damage. 

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Deaths in 1994

Dolores Sullivan and Alexandre Martin lost two babies within less than a year, Noah Sullivan Martin died from sudden infant death syndrome, just 7 months old.

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Javier and Alba Weber Jan. 1995

Javier Weber is the son of Norma Ciccone, 2^nd wife of Adrián Ciccone. In the early 80’s he met Alba moving into her apartment at Plateau Village. There is a new tendency at Bounty Islands, where the family’s get their children a bit later. In the case of Alba she got her first pregnancy in 1990, 29 years old. The couple married and Alba gave birth to baby girl Helena in 1991. The family still live on the Plateau, in an apartment from the late 70’s at Old Banana Road. Javier has now worked at the local Cocoa Plantation for almost 20 years. Alba, now being a mother, took a salary decrease moving away from the unhealthy working conditions at Leone Accessories, taking a job at City Trucks. Javier Weber lost his mother Norma Ciccone in 1990, but he keeps contact with his stepfather Adrián Ciccone.

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, I: Maps North District

Mountain Village: The first expansion up to the North Mountains from 1905 to 1907 was the establishment of the still existing Sheep Ranch and Sugar Plantation at mountain Road. Around 1910 Mountain Village was thriving with homes of 18-20 families. Those houses are long gone, replaced with more modern homes in the 60’s. The 70’s saw some development of the village with the addition of the Iron Mine and the Hippie Village since then Mountain Village have been the sleepiest area at Bounty Islands, only the new road to Plateau Village have changed the living conditions a little bit.

Plateau Village: Expansion into the West Jungle at the North West Plateau started in 1918 with the establishment of a banana plantation, during the 20’s and 30’s Plateau Village slowly formed but was still smaller than the neighboring Mountain Village. Due to the construction of the powerplant at Cepero Islands in 1949, the original banana plantation was replaced with a coal mine, at the same period the government decided to use the village as location of Bounty Islands social housing, increasing the population enough to outgrow Mountain Village. In the 60’s a large military installation was placed in the village and hippies formed the first “free village”. In the 70’s gold was discovered in the jungle and a mine was established. Lately the hippie community established a sawmill, City Trucks opened at depot and the area’s first large apartment complex “Plateau Tower” was constructed in 1993. The Military installation was recently relocated to the city, replaced by a Goat Ranch owned by Bay Cheese Ltd.

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, II: Map Presidente Jakub District

At the beginning of the 20^th century, what is now Presidente Jakub’s District was just The Governor Mansion (Parliament Building), Fenna’s Chapel with a few houses around it, some small houses at what is now Juan Pérez Residential and later Bounty Bay Rum from 1904. From 1910 to the revolution in 1920, the still existing tobacco plantation was constructed, the later demolished Maria Bird Rum distillery and a few new houses was established. In the 20’s and 30’s, Monica Roux Monument opened shortly after her death 1923. The first foreign embassy came and the area around the Chapel developed with new modern houses and a healthcare clinic. In the 40’s and 50’s came another embassy and a military camp at the northern part of the district and the police station at Parrots Alleyway. In the 70’s Mónica Roux Residential Area developed with high class apartments, Bird Rum was replaced by Maria Bird Gold and Jewelry in 1981. In this period the area around Fenne Chapel was connected to Harbor District with a bus line. At the southern part of the district, the Council of the Districts opened in 1978 and Juan Pérez Residential area also developed a lot in this period. Since 1983, Hotel America and later Hotel America Burgers opened. Recently a large apartment complex “Fenna Tower” was constructed at Shack Village Road.

 

 

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, III: Map Harbor District

At the beginning of the 20^th century, what is now Harbor District was Bounty Bay Harbor, the still existing Original Bounty Rum distillery and a leather workshop in what is now the Industrial Area. In the following years came Ruben Ruiz Memorial and the Naval Station facing what is now called Ruben Ruiz Strait, with some apartments for the sailors. A little later the first truck depot and The Imperial Institute (now Department of Political Science). In the 20’s and 30’s the leather workshop was moved to the north, Bounty Cigars established their two factories, and the area got an Army Camp. In the period the bridge came and Connection Passway was created, to later separate the district from Cattle Road. In the 40’s and 50’s R. Johnson started the Sheep Ranch and later R. Johnson WorkWear and Bay Cheese Ltd was formed. The small Bay Side Residential Area was formed in this period. In the 60’s and 70’s the government bought land at Harbor District, in that process the sheep ranch was removed. In resent years the government land was used to build a police station and Bounty City Hospital. Loyal to Familia build the Shipyard, LtF Diver's Club and Club Babilonia.

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, IV: Map Saint Mary’s District

At the beginning of the 20^th century, what is now Saint Mary’s District was mainly developed at both sides of Coconut Road, at the north side the Circus and the Fort, at the south side the gold mine, teamsters, craftsmen and residential buildings. The three still existing plantations in the district was also producing agricultural products this early. Popov Popin, The Community House, The Cultural House and People’s market, came in the period leading up to the revolution. Saint Mary’s Church in 1924. During the 20’s and 30’s Original Leather was moved from Hardor District to the north outskirts of Saint Mary’s and a prison was built in the same area. New residential buildings were erected near Pasture Road. During the 40’s and 50’s the original prison was replaced by the larger State Prison. Secret Service constructed SMB1 at Coffee Road. In this period Bounty Islands first bus line would connect The Circus Square to Cepero Island. Over the years the area between Coconut Road and Pasture Road have been reformed and rearranged too many times to mention with Grocery’s, residential and other building constructed, removed or demolished. Most importantly Bounty City University opened there in 1973. Andreas Wolf sculpture park “Faces of Power” was revealed at the edge of East Bounty Jungle in 1975. Recently the large Army Camp was relocated from Plateau Village to the northeastern part of Saint Mary’s District.

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, V: Map Cattle Road District

At the beginning of the 20th century, what is now Cattle Road District was just a few apartments in two buildings and The Donkey Mansion, all at South Harbor Road (today The Donkey Curve), a Sugar Plantation at South Coast Road and two Cattle Ranches, between Cattle Road and Pasture Road. In the following decade Alicja Chapel was constructed. From 1910 to 1920 two more plantations was built making room for more residential buildings and shacks, some at pasture road, others in the forest road area. In the 20’s and 30’s, Dr. Lorenzo Brissi opened his clinic at Cattle Road and the Cattle Road Residential Area slowly started to form. A Rescue Center at Pasture Road and The Export Department at Donkey Curve are also from this period, just as the Gaia Monument. In the 40’s and 50’s there was little development northeast of Cattle Road, but at the southwestern area we got the Teatre, President Smirnov’s School, Ruiz Strait Clinic and Bounty Radio. Cattle Road residential also expanded further. In the 60’s we got Bounty Bank. In the 70’s the first Hacienda style mansion, restaurant Señor Vieira and the Immigrant Department. Recently the State Corn plantation were replaced to make room for Catedral de Sainte Thérèse. A Tourist Port opened and tourist complex Hotel & Hütten Mutter Gaia was located around the north side of the old religious monument.

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, VI: Map Cepero Town

With the construction of Ruiz Strait Crossing in 1929, the early settlement started. First with two tobacco plantations, one sugar plantations and a ranch, in and around North Jungle, at northwestern corner of the island. The first residential buildings formed Cepero Village around Cepero Village Road (now New Village Road). In 1935 The Order of Fen build The Worship (Sergio Worship) at Cepero Main, soon followed by some residential buildings along the northwest coast, and a nickel mine at what is now the Industrial Zone. From 1947 Sister Birgitta moved the epicenter of The Order to Cepero Island, leading it from Sergio Worship. In 1948 Schubert family constructed Schubert Cigars, in what is now the Industrial Zone. Cepero Coal Plant was finished in 1949. During the first half of the 50’s the Village Convenience Store, Cepero Harbor and Schubert Processed Food was added. What was left of North Jungle became a protected nature reserve. The 2nd Bridge was finished in 1954 and the northern part of Cepero Island was declared a town in 1956. Besides what is already mentioned the town had bus connection to the city, rescue center, construction company and a parking building at this point. During the 60’s, M. Leroy Steel JV was created in the south part of what is now the Industrial Zone, Cepero Town got its first Clinic and two army installations. South Industrial Harbor was constructed in 1971. During the 70’s Cepero Town Industrial Zone was officially declared and administratively separated from the Town. State Statistic Department was constructed next to the Industrial Harbor. In the Town itself the residential areas developed, mainly the so-called New Village with many new homes and a radio station, but also Jungle Road Residential Area expanded in this period. In the industrial zone R. Johnson Furniture opened 1993 and in 1994 they started using oil at Cepero Power. In Cepero Town we recently got President Williams School, The Childhood Museum and Spiritual Baptist Church. New village was rebuild to contain residential complex “New Village Tower”, another similar complex “Moria Tower” was erected a bit further south. 

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part One, VII: Map South District

The Area that is now The South District first developed from 1948 with the replaced nickel mine and the construction of a coal mine to supply the new Cepero Coal Plant. Soon followed by R. Johnson cotton plantations and a Pineapple plantation at the west side of the Island. During the 50’s two tobacco plantations and a banana plantation was located between Cepero Island Mountains and the South Jungle. The first small residential settlement Lucia Hamlet formed. During the 60’s R. Johnson placed a sheep ranch close to the tobacco plantations, another nickel mine was constructed and the hamlet grew to a village. But it was with the construction of M. Leroy Firearms JV at the village in 1968, residential construction really began. During the 70’s the 2^nd nickel mine was abandoned and demolished. Leone Family build another sheep ranch. The Walker Family found an iron ore depot and constructed a mine at the borders of Cepero Small Plain and South Jungle. Recently The Government Corn Plantation was moved to the district to make room for the Cathedral. Some social housing was located at Cepero Small Plains. Lucia Village got a clinic. A large apartment complex “South Jungle Tower” was erected south east of M. Leroy Firearms. R. Johnson build a lumber camp in the East Jungle. Sister Sullivan started pumping oil in South Jungle and currently up-scale apartments are being constructed in the south-eastern part of Lucia Village.

 

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part Two, Economy and Demographics

This time the State Statistics Department did not do a full economic report, a simpler report was chosen comparing key figures with the period from 1978 to 1987. All in all, the economy it fine with improvements in most sectors

 

Wealth

To prepare for this Facts and figures, the State Statistics Department made a special survey digging a bit deeper into wealth versus poverty in Bounty Islands population, but first the numbers as we are used to see them, only related to the combined family income, last survey in ( ) :

Out of the total population, 0,78% (1,4%) can be considered extremely underprivileged, 56.03% (56,5%) relatively poor, 36,38% (38%) relatively wealthy, 6,23% (3,6%) Rich, 0,58% (0,6%) millionaires or better. Luckily there are no children in the first group, it is mainly retired people.

In the new special survey, a mix of housing conditions and income are considered to make these eight classes: 0,19% Extreme Poverty, 1,65% Poor, 41,54% Lower Working Class, 14,01% Higher Working Class, 19,55% Lower Middle Class, 7,51% Higher Middle Class, 4,18% Upper Class, 1,95% High Upper Class.

 

Other Demographics, last survey in ( )

Population growth: Birth rate 3,21% (3,5%), Unnatural Death Rate 2,04% (3,7%), Natural Death Rate 1,07% (1,4%), Growth + 0,10%

Homes: Homeless rate 1,94% (3,5%), Vacant homes rate 11,76% (2,0%)

Employment: Unemployed rate 3,72% (4,1%), Vacant job rate 1,27% (1,5%)

Education: 73,74% (65%) of the workforce uneducated, 20,9% (28,7%) got a short education, 5,35% (6,8%) got a long education

Age: Child <4y 6,42% (6,8%), Child 4-17y 12,65 (10,6%), Adult 18-68y 78,99% (81,7%), Elder 69+y 1,95% (0,9%). The oldest living person on Bounty Islands is José Benítez, 78 years old. Mr. Benítez is a Spanish immigrant, currently homeless.

President Thomas Williams notes: I really like this wealth versus poverty survey, showing that very few people live in extreme poverty. We can’t guaranty that all will be amongst the riches 10% of the population, but as we see here, very few are really poor in our nation. (Some more critical commentators mentioned that as long as you can define poor yourself, you can get any number you like). The President continues: We can see in the death rates, that the healthcare system works much better now, that is good, but we can also see that it has created to many unemployed people, amongst immigrants as well as local bounty families. Luckily, we have just enforced a rule than new immigrants can only enter bounty if they got some level of education, which should also improve on the decreasing percentages of educated in our society. The fact that we have an age distribution with relative little workforce do not worry me too much, in a situation where we need jobs. But have to say it worries me that we have way too many empty homes, the construction industry need to build cleverly and dare to demolish if needed.

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Facts and figures, Mar. 1995 Part Three, Production

State Statistics Department did a survey of production amounts and values as well as consumer goods consumption on Bounty Islands, over the last 24 months, not to be confused with earlier survey focusing in export values. In this case all production was included no matter if sold internally or exported. To get a full picture of all industrial, agricultural and mining facilities in the islands.

    

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Other products.

 

People's marked have been relocated several times since the original store opened at Coconut Road in the winter 1912 to 1913. 

Today it is located in Cattle Road Residential area, still the busiest grocery store on the islands.

 

 

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Lucas Sullivan August 1995

Lucas Sullivan son of Sister Sullivan, left his mother’s home in 1980 to live alone in Lucia Village. He met Shana in 1983 and they got daughter Myrthe in 85. The family grew further with daughter Atiana in 1989 and son Cristobal in 1992.  As the family grew, they moved to the new South Jungle Tower as soon as it opened. Today Lucas is 32 years old, working as a truck driver at S/L shipping’s depot in the industrial zone. Shana is 33, working at Schubert Cigar’s tobacco plantation at the foot of Cepero Island Mountains. 10 years old Myrthe attend school at President Williams. The family belongs to the better part of the working class with two solid jobs and a large modern apartment. Politically, Lucas Sullivan belongs to the extreme left with some nationalistic views. He got very strong opinions about capitalism and global warming, not directly opponent of taking up arms, if necessary to improve society. 

 

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September 1995

Tourist office and coffee shop “Tropico” opened next to tourist resort Hotel & Hütten Mutter Gaia.

      

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November 1995

Movie theater Cine De Loro opened at Cattle Road

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Death in 1995

Leader of political party Humanity First, Josefa Castro died 59 years old, she was replaced by 34 years old Lucía Gómez

Adrián Ciccone son of Greta Navarro died 65 years old. Some would say he died of natural causes, as his body could no longer cope with the daily intake of cheap cigars and rum. Adrian outlives two wives and his only son Anton from his first marriage. Leaving behind his step sons from his 2^nd marriage and step granddaughter Helena. All persons he loved as if they were his own. Adrián was a dedicated member of The Workers Front.

Adrián Ciccone after a visit to the hospital last year.

 

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