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04
Days to the Presidential
Elections!
January Closed Violently
Last month closed with a long
list of violent deaths. A total
of 81 people died in January, 5
more than the same period last
year.
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Oscar Arias, a shoe in for
Sunday presidential elections, takes a
petition for social projects
from a supporter during a
campaign caravan through the
poor neighborhood of Lomas de
Pavas in San José,
Tuesday.
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Vehicles With No Marchamo Will
Be Towed
Transit officials had given
drivers until January 31 to pay
up the 2006 Marchamo or face
vehicle and/or plate
confiscation.
CORBANA Celebrates its 35th
Anniversary
CORBANA, Corporación Bananera
Nacional - the Costa Rican
national banana producers
association, celebrates its 35th
anniversary at the trade fair of
Fruit Logistica in Berlin,
Germany.
New Regulations For Church
Wedding
Thinking of getting married in
Costa Rica? Beginning tomorrow a
couple who wish to marry in a
Catholic Church must go through
the following steps: an
interview with the local priest,
a weekly church meeting for the
next three and a half months and
attending an intensive course
that will take up five weekends
of time.
No
Political Propaganda Beginning
Tomorrow; Lottery Moved to
Monday
Some good news, beginning
tomorrow there will be no
election propaganda, but, bad
news is that there will be no
lottery draw this Sunday, making
way for the presidential
election.
Nicaraguans Keep Protests in
Hospitals
Radicalization of the strike in
the health sector to demand a
salary rise continues in
Nicaragua, with the closing of
private areas in public
hospitals, and street protests
to pressure the government.
Brazil-Nica Speeding Tech
Collabs
Brazil aims at hastening
technical cooperation to
Nicaragua, specially in
Agriculture, Environment and
Health through a new basic
agreement, reported local
Foreign Ministry.
LatAm Integration: Pending
Subject
How to deal with neoliberal
formulas and Latin American
integration re-emerge Wednesday
as pending subjects for the 8th
International Meeting on
Globalization and Development in
Havana in February 6-10.
Cuba,
Venezuela Back Bolivia
Cuba and Venezuela are the first
countries to offer aid to flood
victims in Bolivia, where
several areas were declared
under state of emergency due to
recent strong rains, President
Evo Morales has confirmed.
POLITICS-CHILE:
Diversity
and Balance in Bachelet's Team
Chilean
President-elect Michelle
Bachelet signalled the
importance her government will
give to social areas when she
formally presented her
ministerial team, which reflects
parity between women and men, a
spectrum of ages and a complex
political balance.
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