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10.000 Nicaraguans Expected To
Head Home For the Presidential
Elections
For those planning to travel
north to Nicaragua during the
coming days, you might thing
twice, as an expected 10.000
Nicaraguans working and living
in Costa Rica, are expected to
travel to their country for the
presidential elections on
Sunday.
The number was released by the
Nicaraguan ambassador to Costa
Rica, Leopoldo Ramírez, who is
asking his countrymen who are
patriotic to take part in the
elections. Nicaraguans cannot
vote abroad.
Five candidates are seeking the
office of the president,: José
Rizo, Eduardo Montealegre,
Daniel Ortega, Edmundo Jarquín
and Edén Pastora. Ortega is the
frontrunner, who is expected to
win hands down.
"We hope that some 10.000
Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica
got to vote, we have already
seen a sharp increase in the
number of visa requests, many
travelling by car or by
airplane. I want to thank the
Costa Rican immigration service
for their kindness in opening
the borders between November 1
and 10 so that Nicaraguans can
go home to vote", said Ramírez.
The Nicaraguan embassy had
offered a number of free passes
by bus to Nicaragua to
Nicaraguan nationals who are
legal residents in Costa Rica.
The bus lines Tica Bus and Trans
Nica both reported few seats
available on their routes for
the coming week.
The Nicaraguan ambassador said
that crossing the border will be
made easy during the week,
including easier customs checks,
to avoid backlogs at both sides
of the border, for those
travelling to Nicaragua and
returning to Costa Rica.
Ambassador Ramírez emphasized
that the courtesy by the Costa
Rican authorities extends only
during this week, after which
the border crossing controls
will be back to normal.
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