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Days to the Presidential
Elections!
Editor's Note:
Due to technical difficulties
experienced by out internet
service prodiver, Amnet, we were
unable to publish yesterday and
late today. Ament technicians
did accept the blame for the
problem, however, would not be
specific on what happened and
why. Internet service on Sunday
was sporadic and totally down
this morning until 11:30am, when
service was restored. We host
our site on a server in the
U.S., however, the problems with
Amnet did not allow us to
connect to the server.
How to Make A Million Dollars in
Costa Rica?
How can you get your hands on a
million dollars in Costa Rica?
The possibilities are endless.
Some are just fantasy, wishful
thinking, while others aren't so
legal or moral, depending on
your point of view, and some are
just too darn hard work.
"Marea Verde"
The "maera verde" (green tide)
took over Paseo Colon yesterday
as the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) held it's "plaza
pública", closing off Paseo
Colón, for the last big push of
the campaign to elect Oscar
Arias this Sunday.
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Former President candidate of
the Partido Liberación Ncaional
(PLN) Oscar Arias thanks his
supporters during his main
campaign event in downtown San
José Sunday. Arias leads the
polls with 49.5% percent of the
intended votes in presidential
elections to be held on Feb 5. |
Cold Front
Headed Our Way
According to the Instituto
Meteorológico - the weatherman -
we are in for a cold spell by
the middle of the week, as
strong winds will prevail, which
will also bring rain.
Largest Tourism Growth
Costa Rica was the Central
American nation most visited by
tourists last year, at 1.5
million, 19.2% more than
in 2004. That figure is almost
one fourth of the overall number
of visitors to the region.
Canopy Tours With Many Fans
Surveys done by the Instituto
Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) -
Costa Rican Tourism Institute - found that adventure
tourism is at the top of the
preferences of visitors, a full
40 percent of which said they
wanted to take a canopy tour.
U.S. Investment
Costa Rican Coalition for
Development Initiatives manager
Edna Camacho reported that 80% of the direct foreign
investment in Costa Rica in 2005
came from U.S. companies.
Guatemalans Detect Child Porn
Net
A scandal is shaking Guatemala
on Monday, after detection in
the country´s eastern region of
a child pornography network that
involves school children between
11 and 16 years of age in the
making of video tapes with
pedophile content.
Venezuela accuses US embassy
staff of spying for Pentagon
Venezuelan Vice President
Vicente Rangel said on Friday
that U.S. embassy staffers had
collected confidential
information for the Pentagon
from junior Venezuelan navy
officials.
State of emergency declared
in Bolivia after flood kills 50
Newly elected Bolivian President
Evo Morales declared a state of
emergency on Friday after flood
killed 50 people in northern
Bolivia, according to reports
reaching here from La Paz.
Thousands
Flock to Handal´s Burial
The Salvadoran people along with
representatives of the
hemisphere´s governments,
parties and organizations are
attending Sunday the
revolutionary leader Schafik
Handal´s burial at Los Ilustres
cemetery.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM:
Series of
Global Protests to Begin in
March
A day
of international protests
against the occupation of Iraq,
on Mar. 18, will mark the start
of a series of demonstrations
and mobilisations organised at
the sixth World Social Forum,
which ended Sunday in Venezuela.
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