Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, September 23, 2005
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Musicians Unite For
Children's Benefit Concert
Malpaís, one of the champs among Costa Rica 's musical heavyweights, and internationally acclaimed singer and storyteller Guadalupe Urbina will perform tonight in a benefit concert for Visión Mundial (World Vision) Costa Rica. The Christian relief and development organization is celebrating 20 years of work in Costa Rica this year and rounding out Children's Month with the concert in downtown San José at the Melico Salazar theater at 8 p.m.
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Stricter Security for U.S. Passports
Beginning Monday, it will no longer be possible to amend U.S. passports at embassies abroad to change items appearing on the data page (name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, date of issuance, date of expiration), the U.S. Embassy announced yesterday.
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Honorary Consul Dies at 69
A man who forged an unlikely bond between Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Minnesota died from cancer Wednesday at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. Anthony L. Andersen, 69, was Honorary General Consul of Costa Rica in Minnesota and was responsible for bringing Costa Rican Presidents to the northern U.S. state. He also organized such programs as doctor exchanges and 10 years of swapping Boy and Girl Scouts between Minnesota and the turtle egg-laying grounds at Playa Grande in Guanacaste, the northern Pacific province.
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3,000 Kids to March Against
Sexual Exploitation of Children
Closing the “Stop Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” Campaign in the central Pacific port city Puntarenas, 3,000 grade and high-school kids will march with police officers and officials from the province.
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September 23
Digital Audio and Video Exhibit by Joshua Calhoun Wilson
Tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Plaza Itskatzú in Escazú.
Free Movie Night
Everyone is invited to watch the film “The Fall of the House of Usher,” based on the Edgar Allan Poe tale, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. at El Observatorio, Barrio La California.
Marimba Concert
On Sept. 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Costa Rican Art Museum, east Sabana Park and on Sept. 25 at 10 a.m., Parque de las Artes, in front of La Soledad Church.
Silent Vigil
The committee for Ending the War in Iraq would like to invite everyone to join in a silent vigil, Sept. 24, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., in your home, at the office, or taking a walk.
Edited By Robert Goodier
Tico Times Staff
rgoodier@ticotimes.net
Musicians Unite For Children's Benefit Concert
Malpaís, one of the champs among Costa Rica 's musical heavyweights, and internationally acclaimed singer and storyteller Guadalupe Urbina will perform tonight in a benefit concert for Visión Mundial (World Vision) Costa Rica. The Christian relief and development organization is celebrating 20 years of work in Costa Rica this year and rounding out Children's Month with the concert in downtown San José at the Melico Salazar theater at 8 p.m.
Fidel Gamboa, frontman for Malpaís, said in a statement that “participating in this activity is very satisfying for those of us who want to assist in the development and well-being of poor communities. Years ago we became familiar with World Vision's work, and we are convinced that every cent that goes to the organization will be fruitful in the future. The work they did in our country, especially in Guanacaste, is memorable.”
Both Urbina and members of Malpaís are from Guanacaste, Costa Rica 's northern Pacific province, where World Vision has worked with dozens of needy communities this month.
World Vision began its work in Costa Rica in 1985 and since then has invested about ¢1.65 billion ($3.4 million) each year to improve the lot of about 300,000 people in 170 needy communities.
Tickets cost ¢2-5,000 (approximately $4-10). For information see the Web site www.visionmundial.com or e-mail eventos@visionmundial.com.
Stricter Security for U.S. Passports
Beginning Monday, it will no longer be possible to amend U.S. passports at embassies abroad to change items appearing on the data page (name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, date of issuance, date of expiration), the U.S. Embassy announced yesterday.
Applicants who need to make these changes will have to fill out a new application form, provide two new photos (two inches by two inches), and pay a new passport fee. New passports with the changed data will be printed in the United States and the processing time will be approximately 10 days.
Passport applicants who want to have their passports changed up to one year from the date of issue to show a name change or to have incorrect data corrected may receive a replacement passport without having to pay another fee.
Additional visa pages may still be attached to existing passports at no charge at embassies overseas.
Eliminating amendments to U.S. passports is intended to improve passport security, the embassy said in a statement. Having all personal information only on the passport data page will make it more difficult to fraudulently alter U.S. passports, it said.
A man who forged an unlikely bond between Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Minnesota died from cancer Wednesday at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. Anthony L. Andersen, 69, was Honorary General Consul of Costa Rica in Minnesota and was responsible for bringing Costa Rican Presidents to the northern U.S. state. He also organized such programs as doctor exchanges and 10 years of swapping Boy and Girl Scouts between Minnesota and the turtle egg-laying grounds at Playa Grande in Guanacaste, the northern Pacific province.
The Costa Rica-Minnesota connection began in September 1982 in Guatemala City with a meeting of the Cooperating Chambers of Commerce, a private sector project under the Caribbean Central America Program. Minneapolis-St. Paul were teamed up with the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce.
The first delegation of Costa Ricans visiting Minnesota included former President Alberto Monge, and former President Oscar Arias visited Minnesota several times. Andersen's service and leadership as Honorary Consul spanned two decades and included connections of Minnesotan friendship cities with Cartago, east of San José, Liberia, capital of Guanacaste, and Heredia, north of San José. The Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony performed in the National Theater in San José and other venues with 100 high-school musicians. The concerts always began with the Costa Rican National Anthem.
Andersen was chairman of the Costa Rica-Minnesota Foundation he founded in 1991. Its most recent project supported the building of a bridge in Tortuguero village.
Arrangements are pending for a public memorial service.
3,000 Kids to March Against
Sexual Exploitation of Children
Closing the “Stop Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” Campaign in the central Pacific port city Puntarenas, 3,000 grade and high-school kids will march with police officers and officials from the province.
They will take to the streets at 9 a.m., beginning in the Plaza de Artesanías in front of the pavilions in the Paseo de los Turistas, marching with student bands, floats, costumes and clowns.
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