Rodrigo Arias, brother of outgoing president, Oscar, says he has the "thumbs up" from his brother to run for president in 2014. "I have my brother's unqualified support for candidacy", as leaves his post as ministro de la Presidencia, but not politics. Rodrigo is expected to be active in party politics and in hushed voices says his next goal is to become president in 2014. In the photo, Laura Chinchilla, who is sworn in as president tomorrow, looks on. [Foto; Amelia Rueda]. |
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Arias Is
Critical Of A
Costa Rica That
"Seems More Like
Italy And Less
Like The US"
"This country
(Costa Rica)
seems more like
Italy and less
like the United
States", were
the words spoken
by outgoing
Costa Rican
president, Oscar
Arias. At least
that is the
conclusions of
the prez, who
ends his term at
noon tomorrow.
Costa Rica
Prepares For Its
First Woman
President
Come noon on
Saturday, Laura
Chinchilla will
be sworn in as
Costa Rica's
first woman
president, in a
ceremony that is
expected to
attract tens of
thousands of
Costa Ricans and
the world.
Stay in Touch! Rental
GSM & 3G Phones, Data & SIM Cards, Prepaid
Phones & SIM Cards.
SUTEL Publishes
Bidding Rules
For Cellular
Phone Operators
The opening of
the cellular
telecommunications
market in Costa
Rica took
another giant
step forward in
a process that
is slower than a
turtle's run, as
the
Superintendencia
de
Telecomunicaciones
(SUTEL)
published this
week a
preliminary
request for
bids.
Protests Will Be
Part Of
Presidential
Swearing In
Ceremony
The Asociación
de Profesores de
Segunda
Enseñanza
(APSE), the
Sindicato de
Trabajadores de
Japdeva, the
Sindicato de
Educadores
Universitarios
and the Partido
Vanguardia
Popular, have
said that they
will be holding
a protest march
on Saturday, the
same day of the
swearing in
ceremony of
president-elect
Laura
Chinchilla.
SOS Children's
Village in Costa
Rica 2009 Child
Sponsorship
Report
The SOS
Children's
Village Tres
Rios, Costa
Rica, offers its
report of its
actions and
results achieved
during the first
half of 2009, in
its work to
benefit children
and youth living
in the families
at the
Children's
Village.
Cuban Pianist's
Charity Concert
in Costa Rica
Cuban pianist
and composer
Frank Fernandez
will give a
charity concert
on May 14 along
with the Central
American Youth
Orchestra and
the collected
funds will go to
children with
cancer.
Porteadores And
Government Reach
An Agreement
That Eliminates
Road Blocks
The road blogs
and tortuguismo
may be over with
the agreement
reached between
the porteadores
(the informal
taxis) and the
government on
Thursday.
Joan Rivers
Rehashes Her
Unhappiness With
Airport Security
In Costa Rica
Comedienne Joan
Rivers is still
not very happy
flying these
days, rehashing
her story of her
problems in
boarding a
flight from
Costa Rica last
January.
Principe de
Asturias: The
Darling Of
Costa Rica's
Media
Although
presidents from
Latin America
and more than a
dozen
international
delegations are
in town today
for tomorrow's
swearing in
ceremony of
Laura
Chinchilla, the
Principe de
Asturias is the
darling of the
local media.
Outgoing Sports
Minister Says
Costa Rica Is
Not Equipped To
Manage National
Stadium
Osvaldo Pandolfo,
outgoing
ministro del el
Consejo de
Deportes (Sports
Minister) said
in his last
hours in office
that the country
is not equipped
to manage the
new national
stadium under
construction.
Best To
Avoid Driving In And Around The Sabana Park
On Saturday
A strong
"safety ring" will be established around the
Parque Metropolitano La Sabana (Sabana park)
beginning the early hours of Saturday night,
with some 400 police officers and road
closures as part of the security of the
Traspaso de Poderes ceremony.
Sun and Rain
Forecast For
Saturday In La
Sabana
If you are
planning on
attending the
swearing in
ceremony of
Laura Chinchilla
on Saturday,
take note of the
weather
conditions.
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