Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, July 25, 2005
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Search For Plane Crash Victims
Extended Over Weeken
The search for two children's bodies, victims of a hydroplane crash off the coast of Playa Flamingo, in the northwestern province Guanacaste, continued this weekend with financial support from the family of one the victims. The accident took the lives of its six passengers, including three children, and two, who, according to the Red Cross, are Jack Ruetz, 9 and Connor Kells, 7, have not been recovered.
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Poll: Costa Rica Speaks Up on
Presidential Reelections and CAFT
Nearly half of Costa Ricans would like to eliminate a novelty in presidential elections that will take effect next year in the upcoming vote – they want to cut out reelections. According the University of Costa Rica 's (UCR) Structures of Public Opinion poll, 47% of Costa Ricans would throw out the reelections option, up from 43% who said they would throw it out last year.
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Italian Tourist Is Naked on Beach
A young Italian tourist has insisted on walking naked around the streets and beaches of Montezuma, a small coastal town on the Nicoya peninsula. Police have arrested him several times, but he continues to peacefully resist their orders and bare all to this tourist destination on the Pacific. His name and age were not given.
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July 25
Embassy Closed
The United States Embassy is closed today in honor of the Costa Rican holiday celebrating the annexations of the province of Guanacaste. Services will be available tomorrow following the regular schedule.
Swing en 4 Concert
The group performs at 10 p.m. at the Jazz Café, San Pedro. Info: 375-5284.
Celebration of the annexation of the Guanacaste province
President Abel Pacheco will visit and everyone is invited to enjoy the dances and other cultural events throughout the day at Nicoya Park in the town of Nicoya on the Nicoya peninsula in Guanacaste.
By Robert Goodier
Tico Times Staff
rgoodier@ticotimes.net
Search For Plane Crash Victims
Extended Over Weekend
The search for two children's bodies, victims of a hydroplane crash off the coast of Playa Flamingo, in the northwestern province Guanacaste, continued this weekend with financial support from the family of one the victims. The accident took the lives of its six passengers, including three children, and two, who, according to the Red Cross, are Jack Ruetz, 9 and Connor Kells, 7, have not been recovered.
The family rented a helicopter to help rescue volunteers and professionals continue their operations over the weekend. The results were unknown as of press time.
The private hydroplane, an aircraft designed to take off and land on water as well as land, crashed into the ocean shortly before 9:30 a.m., when the accident was reported to the Red Cross (TT Daily Page, July 18).
The Public Security Ministry speculated a mechanical failure is to blame for the accident.
Poll: Costa Rica Speaks Up on
Presidential Reelections and CAFTA
Nearly half of Costa Ricans would like to eliminate a novelty in presidential elections that will take effect next year in the upcoming vote – they want to cut out reelections. According the University of Costa Rica 's (UCR) Structures of Public Opinion poll, 47% of Costa Ricans would throw out the reelections option, up from 43% who said they would throw it out last year.
The poll, released Friday, pointed to a rising discontent with the possibility of reelections as the election year approaches. The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) struck down a constitutional reform that had been in force since 1969 that forbade presidential reelections. It stipulated only that a President couldn't serve consecutive terms.
The decision poised Ex-President Oscar Arias (1986-1990), of the National Liberation Party (PLN), for another bid for the presidency. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is currently the favorite, the same poll indicates, leading the field of candidates, backed by 18.5% of Costa Ricans. The closest contestant is Ottón Solís, of the Citizens Action Party (PAC) with 9.3% of Costa Ricans supporting him now.
Arias is a staunch defender of the pending Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), and, according to the poll, he does not stand with the majority of Costa Ricans on that point. Nearly 70% of those polled said the fate of CAFTA should be decided democratically, in a referendum vote, and only 47% said the agreement could benefit the country. Nearly 70% thought the benefits would be greater for the United States than for Costa Rica.
The annual poll was carried out this year June 11-18, among 1,000 people, 30% of whom were housewives, 10% were students and the rest were chosen randomly. The margin for error is 3%.
--ACAN-EFE
Italian Tourist Is Naked on Beach
A young Italian tourist has insisted on walking naked around the streets and beaches of Montezuma, a small coastal town on the Nicoya peninsula. Police have arrested him several times, but he continues to peacefully resist their orders and bare all to this tourist destination on the Pacific. His name and age were not given.
--ACAN-EFE
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