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11
Days to the Presidential
Elections!
Three Young Girls and Woman
Drown
Another family vacation ends in
tragedy. Yesterday, three young
girls and a woman drowned while
swimming in a "poza" - swimming
hole - in the area of La Virgen
de Sarapiquí. Last Sunday, a
couple and an area hotel manager
lost their lives in a similar
accident while the couple was
trying to save their two
children and the hotel manager
went in to help.
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Presidential candidate of the
Partido Acción Cuidadana (PAC) -
also known as the "mothers"
party, Otton Solis rides a bike
during a campaign stop in the
poor neighborhood of LoreMar de
Pural east of San José. Former
president Oscar Arias holds a
commanding lead over his top two
rivals. [AP Photo/Kent Gilbert]
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San José Pollution Up 20% in
One Year
Sore eyes? Sore throat? Well, if
you live or visit downtown San
José often, you are not
suffering from a cold but from
the worst pollution ever.
Experts say pollution in
downtown San José grew 20% in
the last year.
Pacheco Says He Will Vote Early;
Election Is Boring
If anyone is interested,
president Abel Pacheco said
yesterday that he will be out
early on Sunday February 5, to
vote in the elections to for
president, vice-president,
legislative deputies, regional
directors and municipal leaders.
NASA to Fly Into ’Portal’ to
the Stratosphere
NASA scientists are leading an
airborne field experiment to a
warm tropical locale to take a
close look at a largely
unexplored region of the chilly
upper atmosphere. This area is
critical to the recovery of the
ozone layer and predicting
future climate change.
Connecting with Costa Rica
How often does a kid from
Bermuda get to play dress-up
with a child from Costa Rica? Or
a Costa Rican kid get to make a
Bermuda kite or sample the
delights of a cod fish
breakfast?
UN halts food distribution to
displaced Colombians after
guerrilla attack
The UN World Food Program (WFP)
has decided to suspend food
distribution to displaced people
in Colombia following a
guerrilla attack, the Colombian
government said on Tuesday.
Chile-US defense consultation
committee starts meeting
Chilean Defense Minister Jaime
Ravinet opened the Chile-U.S.
defense consultation committee
meeting here on Tuesday.
Havana demonstration against
US ends
Cuban President Fidel Castro
spoke to the closing rally of a
demonstration of 1.4 million
people protesting United States
policy outside the U.S. interest
office, the country's de facto
embassy, on Tuesday, local media
reported.
Colombia's
humanitarian problems worst in
region: UNICEF
Colombian women and children
suffered the worst humanitarian
crises in Latin America and the
Caribbean region, the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
said in a report published on
Monday.
BOLIVIA:
Indigenous
Leaders, Women Head New Cabinet
Reforms to Bolivia's current "neoliberal"
free-market policies and the
fight against corruption and red
tape announced by incoming
President Evo Morales, an Aymara
Indian, were put in the hands of
a cabinet made up largely of
indigenous people, trade
unionists and women.
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