Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, October 06, 2005
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Presidential Candidate Airs
Views on Abortion
With presidential candidates for next year's election divided between those who want Catholicism to remain the official state religion and those who don't, Citizen Action Party (PAC) candidate Ottón Solís says he plans to strike a “deal” with the Catholic Church on two controversial issues: condom use and abortion.
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Dove Brings “Campaign For
Real Beauty” to Costa Rica
A Dove skin-care products campaign dubbed “Real Beauty” was launched in Costa Rica yesterday as part of an effort by Dove to address the low self-image of some women. The ads, which have been launched globally, are a response to a U.S. study that found that only two percent of women consider themselves beautiful.
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September Inflation
Registers at 0.17%
Costa Rica registered a monthly inflation of 0.17% in September.
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October 06
Donde el Viento Hace Buñuelos
Play by Arístides Vargas, directed by Fernando Vinocour, through Oct. 23, Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m., Teatro 1887, CENAC, Av. 3/7, Ca. 11. Info: 257-5524.
Romeo y Julieta
By William Shakespeare, directed by Luis Carlos Vásquez, performed by National Theater Company, in Spanish, through Oct. 16, 8 p.m., Melico Salazar Theater.
The Good Body
By Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” performed in English by Little Theatre Group, play contains mature content and language, through Oct. 9. Info: 355-1623, http://intertica.com/ltg.htm.
Edited By Leland Baxter-Neal
Tico Times Staff
lbaxter@ticotimes.net
Presidential Candidate Airs
Views on Abortion
By María Gabriela Díaz
Tico Times Staff
mgdiaz@ticotimes.net
With presidential candidates for next year's election divided between those who want Catholicism to remain the official state religion and those who don't, Citizen Action Party (PAC) candidate Ottón Solís says he plans to strike a “deal” with the Catholic Church on two controversial issues: condom use and abortion.
During the second presidential debate, held Tuesday at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Solís proposed to oppose all forms of abortion if elected President.
“As President, I would propose a deal to the Church: authorize the use of condoms in exchange for (our) opposition to all forms of abortion,” he said during the debate, held in the auditorium of the UCR Law School .
Yesterday, however, Solís reiterated that he opposes abortion, but said he would have to consider whether it should be allowed under some circumstances.
“If a woman is going to die otherwise, then it (abortion) would have to be analyzed,” he told The Tico Times yesterday.
In Costa Rica, therapeutic abortion – practiced to save a mother's life – is the only type of abortion allowed.
However, a woman who terminates an unwanted pregnancy illegally can be penalized with six months to three years of prison.
“I did not know that was the law,” Solís admitted, explaining that his party would have to examine its position on abortion to answer whether or not he agrees with its punishment.
Tuesday's debate included two other candidates, Humberto Arce of the Patriotic Union and Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement Party. Neither candidate stated his opinion on abortion on Tuesday.
During the first presidential debate last month, Guevara, Ricardo Toledo of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) and Antonio Alvarez Desanti of the Union for Change said Catholicism should not remain the official state religion, while Solís and Oscar Arias, of the National Liberation Party maintained it should (TT, Sept. 23).
See Friday's print or online pdf edition of The Tico Times for more on recent developments in the abortion debate in Costa Rica.
Dove Brings “Campaign For
Real Beauty” to Costa Rica
A Dove skin-care products campaign dubbed “Real Beauty” was launched in Costa Rica yesterday as part of an effort by Dove to address the low self-image of some women. The ads, which have been launched globally, are a response to a U.S. study that found that only two percent of women consider themselves beautiful.
“Dove's mission is to challenge the stereotypes about beauty and encourage women to hold themselves in higher esteem,” Central American Dove Marketing Manager Daniela Bucaro said.
Ads feature plus-size women, in place of the usual rail-thin runway types, under the slogan “Beauty is not only dressed in size four.”
The campaign also includes a Web site, www.bellezareal.com or www.campaignforrealbeauty.com, designed to generate discussion about the issue. The sites ask if stereotypical attributes of beauty such as youth, thinness and symmetrical features are indispensable for “real” beauty.
-ACAN-EFE
September Inflation
Registers at 0.17%
Costa Rica registered a monthly inflation of 0.17% in September.
Inflation for the first nine months of the year was 9.77%, the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) reported, representing an increase from the inflation rates reported during the same period in 2004 (9.52%) and 2003 (5.75%).
Inflation over the last 12 months was reported at 13.38%.
The Central Bank in August revised its 2005 target inflation from 10% to 12.7% (TT, Aug 5). Annual inflation in 2004 was 13.13%.
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