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| ART Festivities: Gabriela Téllez checks out paintings at the Galería Ulíses' Outdoor Art Festival in San Pedro's Plaza Roosevelt, just south of the American Mall. The festival features hundreds of artists from North, Central and South America and will be up 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Sunday. |
Ronald Reyes | Tico Times |
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| Youth Teach Communities About AIDS |
In observation of World AIDS Day today, young people in youth groups around the country have learned about the disease and are giving talks to members of their community at public libraries. |
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| International Observers Arrive For Municipal Elections |
Costa Ricans all over the country will be electing 4,951 leaders, including mayors and other local officials, during the municipal elections Sunday, and observers from around Central America, South America and the Caribbean began arriving yesterday to watch over the process, according to a statement from the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE). |
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| 3.9 Earthquake Rocks Central Valley |
| An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jarred some residents of the Central Valley awake yesterday at 12:22 a.m., according to a statement posted on the Web site of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) at Universidad Nacional in Heredia, north of San José. |
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Friday December 01
Choreography Festival
Today and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; National Theater, San José. Info: 221-9417
Bingo
Organized by Assisi Friends of Animals, 6:30 p.m., Estudio Gastronómico Mucho Gusto, Los Yoses, east of San José.
Saturday December 02
White Christmas Festival
With parade, fireworks, 16 bands, cultural events, Liberia, northwestern province of Guanacaste. Info: 666-0169.
Sunday December 03
Christmas Festival
Concert by Master Key (Gospel), storytelling and an origami workshop, 11 a.m., Gold Museum, beneath Plaza de la Cultura, San José.
Christmas Concert
By Kayros Choir, 6:30 p.m., Hipermás, San Sebastián, southeast of San José.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff | aroberson@ticotimes.net
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Youth Teach Communities About AIDS |
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff | aroberson@ticotimes.net
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In observation of World AIDS Day today, young people in youth groups around the country have learned about the disease and are giving talks to members of their community at public libraries.
The initiative is sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), together with the National Libraries System (SINABI).
Youth from Tibás, north of San José; Palmares, northwest of San José; Moravia, east of San José; and the Caribbean port city of Limón participated by forming AIDS-education youth groups, according to UNFPA youth consultant Evelyn Durán.
The young people received training on how to prevent AIDS by using condoms and about common myths surrounding the disease, such as the belief that it can be contracted from mosquitoes. Now they are spreading this information to their peers and neighbors.
Today, groups in Tibás and Limón will be giving presentations, and the groups in Moravia and Palmares gave theirs yesterday.
“The idea was to strengthen the training these young people receive in sexual health and also to involve libraries,” Durán said, explaining that librarians will play a leadership role as the project continues and UNFPA phases out.
In the future, the young people, ages 15-20, will also have the chance to participate in theater workshops to learn how to convey information creatively through drama.
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International Observers
Arrive For Municipal Elections |
Costa Ricans all over the country will be electing 4,951 leaders, including mayors and other local officials, during the municipal elections Sunday, and observers from around Central America, South America and the Caribbean began arriving yesterday to watch over the process, according to a statement from the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE).
Representatives from Paraguay and Guatemala have arrived, and others were expected to fly in yesterday from Panama, Antigua, Barbados, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Organization of American States (OAS).
Today, observers from El Salvador and Puerto Rico are scheduled to arrive, making for a total of 19 observers, the statement said.
The delegates will meet with Vice-President Laura Chinchilla today and with representatives from political parties Saturday in San José.
On Election Day Sunday, the observers will all make their way to different polling places and will conclude the day's work with a session to analyze Costa Rica's electoral process.
National observers from universities and public and private institutes will also keep an eye on the elections.
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3.9 Earthquake Rocks Central Valley |
An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jarred some residents of the Central Valley awake yesterday at 12:22 a.m., according to a statement posted on the Web site of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) at Universidad Nacional in Heredia, north of San José.
The quake originated eight kilometers east of Santa María de Dota, in the Los Santos region in southern Costa Rica, 17 km below the earth's surface. It was felt by residents in the Central Valley. No injuries or damage were reported. |
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