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05
Days to the Presidential
Elections!
No Second Round This Election
With only five days before the
presidential elections, former
president and Nobel Prize
winner, Oscar Arias Sanchez, is
a definite win and no second
round election will be
necessary, as occurred in 2002
that saw Abel Pacheco take the
presidential chair. Abel Pacheco
was elected in a run-off in
April 2002 with 58% of the vote.
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Residents and visitors to San
Carlos, La Fortuna, had a lot of
time on their hands Saturday
when a truck accident closed the
highway for 5 hours. The driver
said he lost control when he
swerved to avoid a passing
vehicle, a common occurrence. No
one was hurt in the accident.
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No Rate Hike Until ICE
Compensates Customers: Aresep
Rules
Costa Rica's regulator of
public prices and services, the
Autoridad Reguladora de
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) has
refused to consider allowing the
state telecoms monopoly
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) to introduce
rates changes until the company
compensates customers for an
interruption to service that
occurred during a 20-day strike
in 2003.
Failed Stop Cause of Train
Accident Number 7 Yesterday
Surprisingly there haven't been
too many accidents between the
train and automobiles. And the
few have only cause vehicle
damage and no fatal injuries.
Higher Gasoline Prices Coming
Our Way
Get ready for another gas hike
as the Refinadora Costarricense
de Petrolelo (Recope) - the
state monopoly on gasoline
products - has asked for price
increase of ¢27 colones for a
litre of super and ¢26 colones
for a litre of regular gasoline.
Costa Rica Trip to Give Students
New
Perspective on Land Preservation
The Costa Rican attitude toward
preserving land makes Costa Rica
the ideal location for the new
study abroad summer program in
land use management and
environmental ethics, said Dan
McCool, director of
environmental studies at the
University of Utah.
Time For
Political Patronages
The political payoffs are just
beginning. Some are public, like
the appointment of Róger
Carvajal, husband of first vice-presidnet,
Lineth Saborí0, who was
confirmed by the board of
directors of the Radiográfica
Costarricense S.A. (RACSA), as
the new boss beginning February
1.
Panama Meeting to Analyze
Disasters
Experts from Central America and
Mexico will review projects
being carried out as part of the
Mesoamerican Initiative on
Prevention and Mitigation of
Natural Disasters (IMPMDN), at a
meeting slated for February 2-3
in this capital.
Nicaraguan Health Staff Join Doc
Strike
Health Workers Federation´s (FETSALUD)
decision to join striking
doctors demanding wage
improvements places Monday a new
complexion to the situation in
Nicaraguan public hospitals.
Raul Castro Praises Mexican
Rebel
Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed
Forces Minister, Army General
Raul Castro, congratulated
Mexican Antonio Conde Pontones,
known as “El Cuate”, for his
decisive contribution to the
Granma yacht expedition.
Colombia-Venezuela Shore up
Border
Colombia and Venezuela have
agreed on a bilateral
cooperation-information plan to
reinforce security and fight
against crime and
drug-trafficking along the
common border, according to an
official statement Tuesday.
Venezuelan
minister calls for OPEC
production cut
Venezuela's Energy and Petroleum
Minister Rafael Ramirez on
Monday called on the
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) to
prepare itself for a new
production cut, according to
reports from Vienna.
ARGENTINA:
Overcoming
Past Antisemitic Injustices
"A state
secret that became a family
secret...and is no longer a
secret" was how Argentine
journalist Uki Goñi described a
confidential order issued by the
Argentine government to deny
visas to European Jews before
and during World War II, which
he helped bring to light.
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