Costa
Rica
Unions
In
Protest
March
Today
Today is
May 1
and in
Costa
Rica and
as in
many
Latin
American
countries,
it is
known as
May Day,
the day
when the
government
gives an
account
of the
work of
the past
year and
the
traditional
Dia del
Trabajador
(Labour
Day).
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Planned
for
today is
a march
by
members
of the
various
labour
unions
in Costa
Rica
from the
Parque
La
Merced
(west
end
Avenida
2) at
9pm to
the
Asamblea
Legislativa
(Legislative
Assembly)
building
to the
east.
The
march to
protest
salaries
and
other
labour
related
problems
facing
public
and
private
sector
workers.
Later on
in the
day,
probably
around
7pm,
after
the
Saprissa
game
ends,
presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
will
address
the
deputies
of the
Legislature
- and
the
nation -
to give
her
report
of her
achievements
in her
first
year of
office.
Traditionally
the
president's
report
starts
around
5pm.
But, not
to be
overshadowed
by the
Saprissa
game,
the
Legislative
Assembly
announced
some
delays
(without
mention
of the
reason)
of the
start of
today's
presidential
address.
This May
1 in
particular
is an
important
one for
the
Chinchilla
administration
and the
country
as a
whole,
as a
bloc of
opposition
legislators
have
banded
together
in a
quick
agreement
to take
control
of the
chairmanship
of the
Legislature
away
from the
Partido
Liberacion
Nacional
(PLN),
the
ruling
party.
On May 1
each
year
legislators
vote on
a new
chairman
for the
coming
12
months.
Up for
re-election
is Luis
Gerardo
Villanueva.
If
Villanueva
is not
re-elected,
the
control
of power
of the
legislature
will
shit to
the
opposition,
which
experts
say will
make it
much
harder
for the
government
to push
through
key
legislation.
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