Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, August 19, 2005
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International Conference
on Democracy
Education
Inaugurated
Educators, scholars, politicians and others with an interest – and stake – in the way education forms a democratically active populace met yesterday and today in San José for a conference called “Education and the Formation of a Democratic Citizenship.”
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Japan Gives Central
American Countries Carbon
Credits for Emission Reductions
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and four other banking institutions yesterday gave Central American countries a $100 million credit destined to finance projects for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Costa Rican Press Grieves
Soccer Loss against Mexico
The Costa Rican press yesterday lamented the country's 2-1 defeat against Mexico in the soccer match held Wednesday night at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and admitted the host team's performance was superior to the Costa Rican team's.
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August 19
II Agro-ecology Week
On Sunday, people will learn about the benefits of organic products through different speeches, testimonies, and workshops. Participants will enjoy cultural presentations and there will be entertaining activities for children too. The fair starts at 9 a.m. at the National Museum, Av. 2/Ctrl., next to Plaza de la Democracia. Info: 226-8914, 258-1356.
Weekend at Parque Nacional de Diversiones
Families will enjoy a nice weekend at the National Amusement Park, in La Uruca. On Saturday, everyone is welcome to go visit its Pueblo Antiguo section where the Los del Parque Group will be playing at 1 p.m. Children will enjoy the play Salir con un Domingo Siete, at 2 p.m. with a masquerade at 2:20 p.m. and the play Godofredo y el Dragón at 3 p.m. At 3:20 p.m. actors will perform folkloric dances and continue with the play El Carretón de los Sueños. The play La Pulpería will be staged at 5:30 p.m. at Teatro de Bomberos, and the day will conclude with the show Historias Ticas at the same theater. Info: 253-5518.
Show “ De Cal, Brujas y Trenzas :”
Inspired by Carlos Salazar Herrera' stories, performed by Metamorfosis Group, includes dance, theater and music, Aug. 19-20, 8 p.m., Aug. 21, 5 p.m., Teatro de la Danza, CENAC. Info: 222-2937, 222-2974.
Edited By María Gabriela Díaz
Tico Times Staff
mgdiaz@ticotimes.net
International Conference on Democracy
Education Inaugurated
By Leland Baxter-Neal
Tico Times Staff
lbaxter@ticotimes.net
Educators, scholars, politicians and others with an interest – and stake – in the way education forms a democratically active populace met yesterday and today in San José for a conference called “Education and the Formation of a Democratic Citizenship.”
With distinguished participants from 10 countries, the two-day conference seeks to examine the current state of education and discuss the challenges it faces in preparing citizens for participation in democracies, organizers said.
“We are setting out with the conviction that strengthening the values and abilities that contribute to participation and tolerance are essential in consolidating a democratic culture that is fundamental for the future of our peoples,” said organizer Luis Alberto Cordero, Executive Director of the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress.
The conference was organized jointly by the Harvard School of Education and the Arias Foundation, with help from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, the Academy for Educational Development and the Costa Rica – United States Foundation.
The conference includes participants from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia, the United States, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, the United Kingdom and Guatemala.
Participants will present projects about education topics including evaluations of current educational policies and the identification of factors contributing to democracies, according to the newswire ACAN-EFE.
For more information on the conference, visit the Web site www.arias.or.cr.
Japan Gives Central American Countries
Carbon Credits for Emission Reductions
Tokyo (EFE) – The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and four other banking institutions yesterday gave Central American countries a $100 million credit destined to finance projects for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
JBIC president Kyozuke Shinozawa and Harry Brautigam, president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) ratified the loan during the Second Central America and Japan Summit, celebrated yesterday in Tokyo.
The goal of the loan, co-financed by the Spanish Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Bank (BBVA) and the Japanese banking institutions Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui and Tokyo Mitsubishi is to gain preferential rights for greenhouse gas emissions in the framework of the Kyoto Protocol, which went into effect in February (TT, February 25).
The money will be invested in projects organized through the Clean Development Mechanism (MDL), a program to transfer carbon credits from developing countries to industrialized nations, which purchase these credits to receive emission-reduction credit certificates (TT, June 17).
Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco said the Japanese credit is an excellent measure and argued that Costa Rica, for example, already produces 98% of its electrical energy through clean methods.
“The entire planet must follow this path. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end because we cannot continue contaminating in the way we have,” he said.
“Costa Rica is a country that has been investing in clean energy from a long time back, so we will accept any amount of investments in that sense,” Pacheco said towards the end of a meeting between Central American Presidents and Japanese businesspeople.
The investments financed by JBIC and channeled through the Central American Bank for Economic Integration will go to Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Costa Rican Press Grieves
Soccer Loss against Mexico
The Costa Rican press yesterday lamented the country's 2-1 defeat against Mexico in the soccer match held Wednesday night at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and admitted the host team's performance was superior to the Costa Rican team's.
“How Little We Were,” “Thank You Mexico for your Compassion,” and “It was Logical,” were among the headlines that filled the front pages of the country's major daily newspapers today.
“Costa Rica offered very little at the Azteca and suffered its third defeat in the finals leading toward the World Cup,” according to the daily La Nación.
The 2-0 match in the Azteca “left a bitter taste in the mouth for two reasons: how little we were on the field and Guatemala has now tied us (in points) in the (hexagonal) classification table,” added the daily.
With its victory, Mexico obtained 16 units and remains leader of the elimination rounds, followed by the United States (15), and Guatemala and Costa Rica, tied with seven points each. However, Guatemala is in third place because they have scored more goals than Costa Rica so far.
With its 2-0 victory last night, the Mexican soccer team virtually ensured its ticket to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
The elimination rounds will continue September 3 when Mexico will play against the United States, Costa Rica against Panama and Guatemala-Trinidad and Tobago.
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