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09
Days to the Presidential
Elections!
Boy Battling For Life After
Attack by Rottweiler
Jorshan Brown Juárez, the seven
year old attacked by Rottweilers
in Limón, continues in delicate
condition at the Hospital
Nacional de Niños. The boy
suffered the attack on Wednesday
while playing ouside os his home
and rushed by air to San José.
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A supporter of former President
of Costa Rica and PLN
presidential candidate Oscar
Arias awaits his arrival during
a campaign rally in the poor
neighborhood of Leon XIII in San
José. Arias leads the polls with
45.5% of the intended votes with
only 9 days before election day.
[AP Photo/Kent Gilbert]
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RACSA's New Head Would Earn
¢128 Million For Only Six Months
Work
Having powerful friends, in this
case, a wife, can be rewarding
as the case of Róger Carvajal,
who is currently the executive
president of the Instituto
Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA),
who also happens to be the
husband of Costa Rica's
vice-president, Lineth Saborío.
Bus Fares Increases Around
the Corner
If you didn't fill up yesterday
you are in for a surprise
starting today, as gasoline
prices jumped ¢35 colones for a
litre of super, ¢35 colones for
regular and ¢16 colones for
diesel. For those who plan to
leave their cars at home, they
will also be surprised as bus
fares are going up as well.
"Dry" Law is Ridiculous
and Antiquated, Critics Say
Come the election weekend, Costa
Rica becomes dry for three days
- that is there will be no sale
of supermarkets, liquor stores
etc. and no sale or consumption
in bars and restaurants either.
It is a law that many feel has
now become ridiculous and old.
Mom's Backpack Charity Grows
Rosanna Kingston, of Clermont,
Florida, is the local mom behind
Give A Kid A Backpack Foundation
Inc., is delivering backpacks
filled with school and health
supplies to children in Costa
Rica and Nicaragua this week.
Honduras, the Challenges
President-elect Manuel
Zelaya is taking office on
Friday in Honduras with the
challenges of fighting violence
and wiping out poverty, amid
International Monetary
Fund-imposed limitations on
expenses.
Honduras Premieres President
From Friday Honduras will have a
new leader, Manuel Zelaya, who
is receiving the ceremonial sash
at Tegucigalpa´s National
Stadium.
Cuban president condemns US
provocation
Cuban President Fidel Castro has
condemned the "provocative"
messages published by Washington
on an electronic billboard
installed last Monday on the
fifth floor of the U.S.
Interests Section in Havana,
media reports here said
Thursday.
Chile,
Mexico sign strategic
partnership agreement
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos
and his Mexican counterpart
Vicente Fox signed an agreement
on strategic and cooperative
partnership to boost bilateral
cooperation in politics, economy
and trade, culture, education
and science.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM:
Time to
Walk the Talk?
The debate
on whether the World Social
Forum (WSF) should remain merely
a space for reflection and
protest or should move on to
proposals for concrete action
once again emerged at the sixth
edition of the annual global
civil society meet, taking place
in the Venezuelan capital this
week.
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