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Ortega Could Become Next U.S.
Headache
Tomorrow,
Sunday, Nicaraguans go to the
polls to elect their next
president, a president that
former U.S. president Ronald
Reagan called the "Little
Dictator," several presidents
ago while Daniel Ortega was in
office.
Both the President of
Mexico,
Vicente Fox, (left) and
Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias,
are in Uruguay to attend
the Iberoamerican
Summit, at the two
leaders are facing
personal challenges at
home; Fox with the
Oaxaca situation and
Arias with the TLC. |
Alterra Will Open Two New
Boarding Gates For High Season
Airport Traffic
Facing the "high" tourist season
that is about to begin in Costa
Rica, the Ministerio de Obras
Pública y Transporte (MOPT)
reached an agreement with
Alterra Partners, the managers
of the Juan Santamaría (San
José) International airport, to
open up two more boarding gates
to handle the expected increase
in volume.
Zapote
Fair is A Go No Matter What San
José Decides on Monday
On Monday we will learn if there
will be a fair in Zapote this
year, as a San José Municipality
commission for the annual fair
will be making their final vote.
However, the municipality of
Curridabat says not to worry,
the Zapote fair will go as
scheduled, though there will be
some physical changes to the
location.
Truck Full of Scrap Metal Used
To Transport Drugs
The Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) has made a big
dent in the fight against an
organized group that used trucks
full of scrap to hide drugs and
cross international borders. The
group would hide the illegal
drugs in shipment of scrap metal
to confuse border authorities.
Colombia's Paez Leon Takes Lead
in Ruta
Colombian Leonardo Paez
(Full Dynamix) won the first
stage of the 14th edition of La
Ruta de los Conquistadores in
Costa Rica.
Coca Cola Pulls Ad At Health
Minister Request
The Coca Cola company in Costa
Rica made the Ministra de Salud
(Health Ministry), María Luisa
Avila, very happy when it pulled
its latest ad campaing off the
air. The minister showed her
pleasure saying that the
advertising by the international
company was in counterproductive
to the forming of healthy habits
of children and the Costa Rican
population in general.
Nicaraguans Go To The Polls
Tomorrow
Nicaraguans go to the polls
tomorrow Sunday, November 5,
where the main issue at stake is
whether leftist Daniel Ortega
will get a chance at governing
the Central American country in
peacetime, 16 years after his
first stormy presidency.
U.S. Delegation Going To
Nicaragua
The White House is sending a
presidential delegation to
Nicaragua to observe the Nov. 5
presidential election.
World Watching Nicaragua Vote
The possibility that Sandinista
leader Daniel Ortega recover a
16 year loss of power puts
Nicaragua in the center of world
news, facing Sunday elections.
Cuban Institute Wins UNESCO
Prize
Cuban Caribbean and Latin
American Pedagogic Institute (IPLAC)
was awarded the 2006 UNESCO
International Literacy "King
Sejong," price in a formal
ceremony on Friday.
Over 100 Venezuelan
children suffer food
poisoning
More than 100
children were
poisoned after
eating bad food at a
breakfast at the Las
Augilas VI
Bolivarian
Integrated Education
Center, in Los
Guayos in the
Venezuelan sate of
Carabobo.
ELECTIONS-NICARAGUA:
Cold War Spooks and
Chills
Nicaraguans will
cast their votes on
Sunday under the
scrutiny of a
multitude of
observers, and amid
intense interest in
the elections that
has extended far
beyond the country's
borders to Caracas,
Washington and even
Moscow.
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