Apathy Reigned Over Municipal Elections
With an average of 79.61%,
absenteeism was the big winner
in yesterdays municipal
elections that saw a majority of
the PLN candidates winning the
mayoral races, including
incumbent Johnny Araya in San
José.
Children wave flags of
the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) after
winning 59 of 81 mayoral
races in an election
that almost 80% of the
voters did not bother to
show up. |
Centenarian Looking Forward To
2010 Elections
Not all Costa Ricans decided not
to vote in yesterday's municipal
elections. One of them was
Adilio Carmona Sibaja, who at
101, and without a cane or
support from his daughter
accompanying him, displayed a
vigor envy of a younger man, to
cast his vote in table 216 of
the Juan Chávez school in Cuidad
Quesada, San Carlos.
Cemetery
Wedding A First For Costa Rica
Although difficult to believe, a
young couple chose the
Cementerio de Sabanilla, Montes
de Oca, to give their wedding
vows after not being able to
find an available church for
their wedding.
Costa
Rican Man Wins Florida Lotto
A Melbourne, Florida, landscaper
from Costa Rica has come forward
to claim his us$9 million
Florida Lotto jackpot.
Earthquake jolts
Guatemala, El
Salvador, south
Mexico
A 5.8-magnitude
earthquake shook
Guatemala on Sunday
and was felt in
western El Salvador
and southeastern
Mexico, but did not
cause damage or
casualties,
according to reports
reaching here.
It Is Official: Chavez Wins
Again!
The President of Venezuela Hugo
Chavez obtained a new mandate of
six years today with 61.35
percent of the votes, according
to preliminary reports from the
National Electoral Board.
Morales Ratifies New Hydrocarbon
Stage
Bolivian President Evo Morales
ratified on Sunday in this
capital that the signing of 44
contracts with foreign oil
companies, which became a law,
marks a new stage in hydrocarbon
industrialization.
Pinochet to have
coronary bypass
after heart attack
Augusto Pinochet,
Chile's leader from
1973 to 1990, is to
have a coronary
bypass operation on
Sunday after
suffering a heart
attack, a very risky
operation for
someone of his age,
doctors told media.
Extensive Repercussion of Cuban
Anniversaries
The December 2 military parade
in Cuba has had an extensive
repercussion worldwide, in
occasion of festivities for the
50th anniversary of the creation
of the Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FAR), according to
messages received here.
CHILE:
Airport Divides
Government and
Mapuches
The Chilean
government wants the
inauguration of the
future international
airport in the
Araucanía region to
mark the country's
bicentennial in
2010. But some 500
Mapuche families
oppose construction
of the terminal
because of potential
social and
environmental harm.
