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| San José, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, Vol. 9, No. 221 | |||||||||
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The City of Toronto, Canada has been chosen to host the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. The decision was made Friday by the Pan American Sport Organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. "We are thrilled," said Toronto 2015 bid chairman David Peterson. Situated on the Great Lakes in the heart of North America, Toronto is Canada's largest city and capital of Ontario, Canada's largest province. More than 200 million people live within a three-hour flight or one-day drive of the city, with 30 direct flights to participating countries on 15 airlines. Toronto was chosen as host site over competitors Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru. The winning city's $1.4-billion Canadian plan is built around a core of existing and proven world-class facilities used for professional sports, six new athletic venues and a well-designed, sustainable athlete's village on Toronto's waterfront. New venues include a stadium for athletics, indoor velodrome, Canadian Sports Institute facility and Aquatics Centre, as well as two additional 50-meter pools. The Pan Am Games are a major international multi-sport event, held every four years for athletes of the 42 member nations. The Pan American Games consists of all Summer Olympic sports, plus other non-Olympic events, and serve as an Olympic-qualifier for a number of participating sports. The Toronto 2015 Pan American Games will take place July 10-26 and the Parapan American Games Aug. 7-14. The last edition of the games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2007 and the next is for Guadalajara, Mexico in October 2011. Afternoon may not see pounding thunderstorms By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The nation may get a little break today from pounding afternoon and evening downpours. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional said that the skies will be cloudy this afternoon but with just isolated rain, mostly in the mountains. Crews will be out taking stock of the damage after what became Hurricane Ida dumped days of heavy rains on the country. Reports have come in of some flooding, landslides on major highways and of some less traveled routes being closed completely. Ida is heading into the open sea after hitting the Yucatan in México. See story HERE! Standout Costa Rican art displayed in Nicaragua By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Some 50 works of 20th century Costa Rican art are in Nicaragua for an exposition in the Teatro Nacional Rubén Dario. The exposition runs until Nov. 29. Previously the exposition was in El Salvador and in Guatemala. The works include 50 paintings and 10 sculptures by leading Costa Rican artists of the 20th century. Featured works include those from the Grupo Ocho, which were well known in the 1960s and 1970 as well as the Bocaracá group that followed in the 1980s. Marine Corp league forming By
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Organizers are more than half way towards forming a U.S. Marine Corps league in Costa Rica. A retired U.S. Navy commander, Melvin J. Goldberg, said that 12 Marines living here have signed up but that 20 are needed to establish a detachment in Costa Rica. All Marines and U.S. Navy corpsmen who trained with the Marines are eligible. Other U.S. veterans are eligible for associate membership, he said. The league supports programs to help and support the aims of the U.S. Marine Corps. Goldberg can be reached at 2288-0454 or 8870-6756 U.N. official is optimistic on climate change pact Special
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As the last negotiating session before next month’s U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen concluded Friday, a senior official with the world body called on countries to push ahead to deliver on a strong international agreement to tackle global warming. “Copenhagen can and must be the turning point in the international fight against climate change — nothing has changed my confidence in that,” said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. In Copenhagen, governments are expected to agree to a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty which has strong, legally binding measures committing 37 industrialized states to cutting emissions by an average of 5 per cent against 1990 levels over the period from 2008 to 2012. Confrontation becomes murder By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The time was 4:30 p.m. Saturday when 67-year-old Heiner Solera Luna confronted a man he thought had stolen his bicycle. The theft suspect pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed the man at a bar in Paraíso de Sixaola, Cantón de Talamanca, said the Fuerza Pública. Just a kilometer away on a public street police captured the principal suspect of the murder, identified by the last names of Bustos Díaz.
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Supposed locations of
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Panamá is building two new navy bases on the Pacific, and some sources say that these bases plus two more will be used by the United States in its war on drugs. Published reports in Panamá said that President Ricardo Martinelli and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached agreement on United States use of the bases, but there have been no official announcements by the United States. Panama did announce that it is constructing two new bases, one on the Pacific at Bahia Piña near the Colombian border and one in Punta Coco in Veraguas province, also on the Pacific. Organizations opposed to the U.S. expansion say that another base will be at Rambala in Bocas del Toro province and a fourth in the Archipiélago de las Perlas about 30 kms. south of Panama City in the Pacific. The United States eliminated its permanent presence in Panamá in 1999 under the treaty that turned over the canal to local control. However, there have been periodic visits by personnel of the U.S. Southern Command to Panamá for training purposes or for humanitarian efforts. Some of these visits have been to a Panamanian base at Rambala, which is just south of Costa Rica's Sixaola. |
Under the previous administration
Panamá said that it would not host a U.S. presence. The U.S.
Navy and Coast Guard are conducting continual operations in the Pacific
and Caribbean
to defeat drug traffickers who come from Colombia or Ecuador. Rafael
Correa, the president of Ecuador, evicted the United States from that
country's air base at Manta where continual anti-drug flights originated. Costa Rica's Constitution forbids foreign military bases here, and foreign military vessels even need legislative approval to dock for shore leave. In addition to those who oppose U.S. expansion into Latin America for philosophical reasons, others are trying to limit the effectiveness of U.S. anti-drug efforts. There have been some essays published in Costa Rica opposing U.S. use of the bases in Panamá. Any discontent here is overshadowed by the controversy over the agreement between the U.S. and Colombia to use bases there for the aircraft forced out of Ecuador. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe is the strongest U.S. ally in the region. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez does not like Uribe or the United States. Chávez has purchased Russian tanks, aircraft and other military goods. Most recently signed an agreement to buy Russian short-range missiles. Chávez also invited the Russian northern fleet to visit and conduct joint exercises with his navy. |
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The works ministry has ordered the leaders of the Limón docks union to hold a general meeting and vote on the government's plan to award the port in a concession to a private operator. The leadership of the troublesome dock workers union has resisted efforts from inside the union to hold a meeting and a vote. Union members stand to take home up to $99,000 each if the government's proposal goes through. Essentially they would lose their jobs although some could be rehired by the company that gets the concession. The union has staged periodic work stoppages and slowdowns, frequently with a minority of the workers. The action to force the vote was reported by Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, minister of the Presidencia and the brother of the president, as well as Marco Vargas, who is now serving as minister of Obras Públicas y Transportes. In his other capacity as minister of Coordinación Institutional, he has been deeply involved in development plans for the Limón and Moín docks. |
The men warned that if the union
leadership did not schedule a vote
they would be liable for court action. An informal group of dock
workers who supports the government plan is believed to be in the
majority. They have been seeking a secret ballot on the question. Arias said the the decision by the Ministerio de Trabajo ended the threats of a few and that now the decision is left to the workers. A similar arrangement changed the setup at the Caldera docks on the Pacific. Now the port is being improved by the investments and supervision of a private contractor. The Limón and Moín docks are bigger and handle the bulk of the country's banana and pineapple exports. Every time there is a slowdown, agricultural producers lose millions in perishable products. The docks are notoriously inefficient when compared to operations elsewhere. Under terms of the ruling the union has to schedule the vote within three days. |
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They're off Some of the 20 racing boats cruise the waters off Le Havre as the Transat Jacques Vabre begins with Limón as a destination. Racers were accompanied by a fleet of well-wishers. Some 22 miles north of Cherbourg a few hours later, the Trimaran Actual was the first to encounter problems. It capsized with no injuries. |
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President Óscar Arias Sánchez has enlarged his world campaign against weaponry to include nuclear bombs, mines and cluster bombs. Arias launched his renewed campaign Saturday before some 200 young people who were attending a religious conference. He said he would seek the abolition of nuclear weapons and their proliferation, the elimination of the bad use of conventional weapons, specifically small arms, mines and elimination of cluster bombs. He already has proposed a measure at the United Nations to require countries that produce arms to keep better track of who buys them. Casa Presidencial said that the campaign is based on the understanding that the planet is more secure if development, national security and respect for human rights are pushed at the same time and with good faith. |
Arias has started
his campaign at home with a decree emitted by Casa
Presidencial last week that forbids foreigners from getting carry
permits for small arms. The organization that held the conference is Religions for Peace, which says on its Web site that "religious communities are the largest and best-organized civil institutions in the world, claiming the allegiance of billions across race, class, and national divides. These communities have particular cultural understandings, infrastructures, and resources to get help where it is needed most." The conference said it wants to stop war, end poverty and protect the earth. The session here was sponsored by the Fundación Arias para Paz y el Progreso Humano and the U.N. University for Peace in Ciudad Colón. The session was in the Hotel San José Palacio Hotel. Casa Presidencial said that the peace campaign started by Arias would last a year and cost $500,000. |
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| U.S.
says it is disappointed over Honduran pact failure By
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The United States Friday expressed disappointment that efforts to resolve the four-month-long political crisis in Honduras have hit another roadblock. Rival parties in the dispute over who is the Central American country's rightful president failed to meet a deadline Thursday for setting up a national unity government. Although ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya says efforts to resolve the crisis have failed, the State Department is urging the sides to return to negotiations and resolve differences so the country can have internationally recognized elections at the end of this month. The United States was an active supporter of talks that yielded an apparent breakthrough last week under which the Honduran congress would decide whether Mr. Zelaya, removed by the military last June, would return to office to complete his term, or interim president Roberto Micheletti would continue to run the government until a new president takes office in January. The sides were able to agree on preliminary steps to implement what's being called the Tegucigalpa-San José Accord. But Thursday, despite a commitment to seek a unity government, Micheletti said he was forming a cabinet without the participation of Zelaya, who declared the process a failure. He said Zelaya failed to nominate individuals for governmental posts. At a news briefing, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly called on both sides to act in the interests of the Honduran people and return to the bargaining table and reach agreement on a unity government, which he said would change the political dynamics of the country in a positive way. "It is urgent that this government be created immediately. The Honduran people have made clear that they want to move forward. They deserve leadership that looks to the future in the interest of all the Honduran people. Complete and timely implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San José accord is the path to that future, and the formation of a government of unity and national reconciliation is the next vital step forward," he said. Though Micheletti and his supporters said the June 28 removal of Zelaya was in accordance with the country's laws, the United States and other members of the Organization of American States said the ouster was a coup d'etat and demanded Zelaya's return to power. Ida takes aim at U.S. after ravaging Cancun By
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A strengthened Hurricane Ida is making its way toward the Gulf of Mexico, while the death toll from floods in El Salvador has risen to 91. In its latest weather advisory Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said hurricane conditions were possible in the next day or two for parts of the northern U.S. Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. The governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has declared a state of emergency in preparation for the storm, allowing state resources to be used in case of an emergency. Earlier in the day, the Category 2 hurricane battered the Mexican resort town of Cancun and parts of the Yucatan Peninsula, which remains under a hurricane warning. The government of El Salvador said three days of heavy rain triggered flooding and mudslides across the country that have left at least 60 people missing and thousands more in shelters. Authorities in El Salvador blamed remnants of Hurricane Ida for some of the devastation, although forecasters hesitated to make a direct link. Ida is about 155 kilometers northwest of the western tip of Cuba, with winds blowing at 160 kph, about 100 mph. Ida, which developed over the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, hit the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. |
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HAS Development Corp., an affiliate of the Houston Airport System, and Airport Development Corp., a Canadian airport developer, have announced the formation of a long-term strategic partnership with OMERS Strategic Investments. The partnership operates under the brand name of ADC & HAS Airports. The partnership has been formed specifically to pursue airport acquisition and operation opportunities in the growing airport privatization market, initially in Latin America. The partnership’s long-term strategy is to deliberately expand its current focus on the Americas to other regions of the world to become a key global airport owner and operator. “Globally, OSI is forging long-term alliances and partnerships on behalf of OMERS, a Canadian pension plan and one of the largest long-term institutional investors in the world. We are pleased an excited to have ADC & HAS Airports as a strategic platform in the execution of our global strategy,” said Jacques Demers, CEO of OMERS Strategic Investments. “This new partnership brings together capital, operational and development expertise, and a strong brand name, allowing the company to qualify for, pursue and acquire airport concessions and related management and operating agreements on a global basis,” stated Jeff Scheferman, CEO of ADC & HAS Airports. In July, Airport Development and HAS Airports in an equal joint venture with its Brazilian partner, Andrade Gutierrez Concessoes, completed the acquisition of the contract for the development, investment and operation of the Juan Santamaria international airport in San José, It also owns a 45 percent interest in the newly awarded 20-year concession for the Daniel Oduber Quiros airport, in Liberia, which serves the growing tourist market in the northwest sector of the country. HAS Development Corp, is an affiliate of Houston Airport System, operator of George Bush International Airport, Hobby Airport and Ellington Airport, serving over 53 million passengers annually. Airport Development Corp. is a privately owned Canadian airport developer with over 20 years successful experience in airport privatization. It was the developer of Terminal 3 at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and the Terminals at Budapest Airport. It is the operator and investor of Quito international airport. |
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