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Today is one big party in Costa
Rica as some 2.8 million Costa
Ricans are being asked to decide
on a new leader. The top four
contenders are: Laura Chinchilla
of the PLN, Otto Guevara of the
ML, Ottón Solís of the PAC and
the Luis Fishman of the PUSC.
The voting closes at 6pm and
Inside Costa Rica will bring you
all the results right there.
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Costa Rica Votes
Today. Every
Vote Counts.
Every vote counts and Costa
Ricans are urged to get out
today and vote. Some 2.8 million Costa Rican voters
are being called on today to elect their
president, two vice presidents, 57 deputies
and 498 members of municipal councils.
Voter Turn Out Could Be As High As 70% in
Today's Elections
The president of the
Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), Luis
Antonio Sobrado, said on Saturday that he
expects a 70% voter turnout today, bettering the
65.2% voter turn out in 2006.
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/ Central America
GUATEMALA
Pope Calls On
Guatemala To Protect The Vulnerable
GUATEMALA - (CNA).- The Pope accepted the
credentials of the new ambassador to the
Holy See from Guatemala, Mr. Alfonso Roberto
Matta Fahsen, on Saturday morning. In his
message to the diplomat, the Pope addressed
the importance of protecting the vulnerable
in the country and reinforcing their strong
values.
GUATEMALA
Guatemala: Trial
Ordered in Lawyer’s Slaying
GUATEMALA (ap) - A Guatemalan judge has
ordered that eight suspects stand trial in
the fatal shooting of a prominent lawyer who
accused the country’s president, Álvaro
Colom, of his murder in a video made before
his death.
HONDURAS
US Support For Lobo Undermines Latin American Democracy
John Green [Senior Research Fellow, Council on Hemispheric Affairs]: "When Honduran President Porfirio Lobo predictably chose several days ago to pardon the military leaders involved in the June 28, 2009 coup against his predecessor, President Manuel Zelaya, he was staying true to traditional Central American form.
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/ Latin America
VENEZUELA
Venezuela: Links With
Washington Get Complicated
CARACAS - Relations of Venezuela and the
United Status tend to get complicated today
alter a US intelligence report and a
diplomatic offensive which President Hugo
Chavez considers part of a plan to
destabilize the country.
BRAZIL
Satisfaction Over
Argentine-Brazil Talks
BUENOS AIRES - Brazilian Foreign
Affaire minister, Celso Amorim,
qualified as satisfactory the
negotiations with Argentina as
part of the first session of the
Bilateral Ministerial Commission
created in 2009. Immediately
after conclusion of the talks
they held a press conference
explaining that both parts are
involved in finding solutions
looking to the future, not the
past.
AREGENTINA
Small Plane Crash
Kills Three In Argentina
BUENOS AIRES - A small plane crashed in
western Argentina on Saturday, killing all
three people aboard, civil defense
authorities said.
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/ Special Reports
MIGRATION:
Lost in the Desert? There's an
App for That
Over the
past two decades, Ricardo
Dominguez has made a career for
himself tweaking the
sensibilities of government
officials and developing
software tools meant to disrupt
the status quo. Presently, he
leads a team at the University
of California at San Diego that
is designing a mobile
application to assist migrants
attempting to cross the
U.S.-Mexico border.
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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