40 95(h) In following the procedure that “La Nación” uses to check stories, on November 30, 1995 Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa sent Mr. Ricardo Castro Calvo, attorney for Mr. Félix Przedborski, a questionnaire concerning the facts reported in the foreign press in connection with his client. He did this prior to publishing the second set of articles, which ran on December 13, 14, 15 and 16, 1995. 39 95(i) On December 13, 1995, “La Nación” carried an article titled “Embajador honorario. Polémico diplomático en la mira” [“Honorary Ambassador. Diplomatic controversy in the crosshairs”], authored by journalist Mauricio Herrera Ulloa as a writer for that newspaper. The article reported, inter alia, on the formation of a high-level commission within Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Service, which in its second week of meetings proposed the elimination of all honorary diplomatic posts. The article also reproduced news that had originally appeared in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen, in an article titled “Felix Przedborski: van gangster tot diplomaat”, which stated that “ [Mr. Przedborski’s] diplomatic status put him beyond the reach of the law.” 40 95(j) Three other articles carried by “La Nación” and written by Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa made reference to Mr. Félix Przedborski, but were not targeted in the criminal complaint. 41 On December 14, 1995, an article titled “El espinoso expediente Przedborski” [“The thorny Przedborski file”]; 42 on December 15, 1995, it published another article titled “Oleo de pasaportes a Przedborski” 43; and on December 16, 1995, it published “Przedborski: tico tras dos intentos” [“Przedborski: Costa Rican behind two attempts”]. 44 39 Cf. Questionnaire that journalist Mauricio Herrera Ulloa sent to Mr. Félix Przedborski, by way of attorney Ricardo Castro Calvo (file on preliminary objections and possible merits, reparations and costs, volume I, annex f of the brief of pleadings, motions and evidence of the alleged victims’ representatives, folios 342-348); testimony of Mr. Ricardo Castro Calvo before the Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José (file of annexes to the application, volume I, annex 7, folio 853); testimony of Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on April 30, 2004; and testimony of Mr. Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing held on April 30, 2004. 40 Cf. article published in the newspaper “La Nación” dated 13 December 1995 (file of annexes to the application, volume I, annex 6, folios 697 and 698); and translation of the article titled “Felix Przedborski: van gangster tot diplomaat” published in the newspaper “De Morgen,” July 5, 1995 edition (file of annexes to the application, volume I, annex 6, folios 760 to 766). Cf. Testimony given by Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on April 30, 2004; and Judgment Number 61-98 of May 29, 1998, of the Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José, Group Three, San José (file of annexes to the application, volume I, annex 7, folios 810 to 818). 41 42 Cf. article published in “La Nación” on December 14, 1995 (file of evidence presented during the public hearing held on April 30 and May 1, 2004, single volume, folio 3547). 43 Cf. article published in “La Nación” on December 15, 1995 (file of evidence presented during the public hearing held on April 30 and May 1, 2004, single volume, folio 3549). 44 Cf. article published in “La Nación” on December 16, 1995 (file of evidence presented during the public hearing held on April 30 and May 1, 2004, single volume, folio 3548).