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Costa Rica Digest, Dec. 13
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Costa Rica News Digest ========================================= A publication of Destiny Worldwide Net http://www.destiny-worldwide.net Also Visit the Costa Rica Page: http://www.destiny-worldwide.net/costa-rica/ Subscribe: Unsubscribe: ========================================= TODAY'S CONTENTS ========================================= Feature Article: *Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used cooking oil *News Digest ========================================= SPONSOR'S MESSAGE ========================================= If you want to be successful in the years to come, with the new technology of the internet, you need to break free of the limitations that bind the majority of people. 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Go to these websites to begin running down the road to your successful future today! http://www.destiny-worldwide.net http://www.offshorearnings.com You'll be glad you did! ========================================= FEATURE ARTICLE ========================================= *Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used cooking oil The Sustainable Solutions Caravan wants to show the world how to recyle more and create less waste. LARRY COPENHAVER Tucson Citizen The school bus spends part of the year in the Bay area. Photos by XAVIER GALLEGOS/Tucson Citizen Itai Hauben, Tom Shaver and Stephen Brooks pour used vegetable oil into a 1972 modified diesel Carpenter school bus they are driving to Costa Rica. The oil was given to them by El Charro Cafe. A 1972 former school bus, modified to run solely on used cooking oil, stopped yesterday at El Charro Cafe, 311 N. Court Ave. to tank up on fat. "The engine in the bus has been modified to run on used straight vegetable oil," said Zak Zaidman, 36, one of the 10 members of the Sustainable Solutions Caravan traveling on the bus from its summer home in the San Francisco Bay area to winter quarters in Costa Rica in Central America. The group was founded last year to promote sustainability through the use of renewable energies, organic farming and sustainable lifestyles, he explained. That means less waste and more recycling. The main modification to the diesel engine involved installing a heating element to keep the fat flowing freely so it doesn't clog the engine's plumbing, he said. The vehicle also is fitted with a separate tank that carries a refined biodiesel product that permits easy starting. "We use the biodiesel to start the engine and get the engine hot, then we flip a switch, and we go 100 percent used vegetable oils," Zaidman said. Before loading up on the used cooking oil, there is a check for particulate materials, which cannot be used in the engine. Members of the caravan are sustainability experts, eco-technologists, farmers, mechanics and others dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to fossil fuels, he said. The group also promotes Earth-friendly farming, which will be critical if the fuels of the future are to be grown rather than mined. The destination of the caravan is Punta Mona Center for Sustainable Living and Education, an 85-acre organic farm and education retreat in Costa Rica, he said. For more information, go to puntamona.org ========================================= DISCUSSION ========================================= ========================================= NEWS DIGEST ========================================= *Tonnes of Garbage Left Behind by Festival Goers The Festival de la Luz Saturday night brought a lot of happiness and joy to thousands who lined the streets of downtown San José with spectacular displays, marching bands and dancing. However, the Festival also left piles of garbage on streets. As with every parade, a team of garbage collectors follow the parade end to pick up the garbage left behind by the spectators. The Municipality of San José estimates that some thirty tonnes of trash was left strewn in the parade route, that went from the La Sabana park, along Paséo Colon, Avenida Segunda and ended in la Plaza de la Democracia. Garbage trucks followed the last parade float and by Sunday morning there was no trace of the Festival trash, as the streets were again clean. Perhaps, the hardest parade the clean up crew have to content with each each year is the December 27 'Tope", when literally thousands of horses take over the same route and leave a trail of, well, stuff that smells even after being washed down. The clean up crew were not the only persons working the parade. Red Cross personnel and members of the Fuerza Publica and Municipal police were on hand to attend to those needing medical attention and to ensure public safety. The Red Cross reports have attended to sixty five persons, seventeen of who were taken to hospital for closer medical attention during the festival. Police did not have any major occurrences to report, saying the parade was peaceful and eventful from their part. *2006 Election Party Registration Underway The upcoming 2006 'presidential' elections will be record for the number of registered parties according to the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE). The TSE says it has so far 43 parties registered for the 2006 elections, two more than the same time for the 2002 elections, and will see many more that it believes are in the process of being formed and will be looking to be registered. The deadline for registration of a political party for the 2006 election is June 6, 2005, which will include regional, provincial and national parties. For a party to be registered it must complete the required forms as set out by the Dirección General del Registro Civil of the TSE and among other things must include 3.000 signatures in the case of a national party (only 50 for regional or provincial parties) and must have it's political constitution well defined. National parties are those that will be presenting a candidate for the position of President and Vice President of the country. All other parties that don't present a candidate for the top spots are considered regional or provincial. The national parties expected to take part in the 2006 election are the: Acción Ciudadana, Alianza Nacional Cristiana, Fuerza Democrática, Independiente Obrero, Integración Nacional, Liberación Nacional, Movimiento Libertario, Patriótico Nacional, Renovación Costarricense, Rescate Nacional, Unidad Social Cristiana, Unión General and the Vanguardia Popular. *Nicaraguans Head Home for the Holidays Thinking of spending the holiday season in Nicaragua? Well, consider this. According to Marco Badilla, director of the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, some 70.000 Nicaraguans are expected to overload the immigration resources at Peñas Blancas and the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia during the next several weeks. The annual trek of Nicaraguans heading home for the holidays begins this week. The bus lines have sold most just about every seat to and from Nicaragua for the period of 20 December to 5 January. As well, private bus companies have set up special tours to Nicaragua for the holiday period. The land border crossing at Peñas Blancas will be hardest affected, as most Nicaraguans use the land crossing to get home for the holidays and their return, compared to the more expensive way of flying. And, if immigration officials are correct, most Nicaraguans are expected to bring along a friend on their return. The return bus rate at both Tica Bus and Transnica is us$20 that will take you from San José to Managua, with stops in Rivas and Granada. Nature Air that has regular service between the Liberia airport in Costa Rican and the airport in Granada charges us$130 return (us$240 for the San José-Granada route). Foreign residents of Costa Rica need to also pay the us$20 consular fee to leave and re-enter Costa Rica. Tourists and Costa Ricans are not required to pay the consular fee. *At Least 50 Houses and Shacks Destroyed in Fire A fire Saturday night in Pavas, west of San José , destroyed at least 50 shacks and houses, according to the daily La Nación. No one was injured in the fire, which took firefighters approximately two hours to extinguish. The lack of fire hydrants, a tangled web of amateurly crafted electrical connections and the construction materials used in the shacks contributed to the difficulty fighting the fire, which took place in the Bribri urbanization, La Nación reported. The only fire hydrant was approximately 500 meters away. The fire was first reported at 6:30 p.m. , when a resident called saying the blaze started in a fire used to cook tamales, firefighters told the daily. Others witnesses said fireworks could have been the source of the fire. *Piercing and Tatoo Regulations coming! Come January or maybe February, the Ministerio de Salud - Health Ministry - hopes to have regulations in place that govern 'piercing' and tattoos, that has gotten out of hand. The regulations will give Health officials the power to close shops if they don't meet the health and sanitary regulations. Health Minister, María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal, says that regulation is ready is waiting for official publication. Once the regulation is published, shops now in operation will have to meet the regulation or close. *Nicaraguan President Blamed for Internal Political Crisis Nicaraguan president, Enrique Bolaños, is responsible for the current confrontation between the country´s single-chamber Congress and the executive power, according to political analyst Oscar Rene Vargas. Speaking to Prensa Latina, Vargas said the president had been reluctant to start talks on the issue and now is ignoring the reforms approved by legislators. He recalled that the General Secretary of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Daniel Ortega, had invited him "to find some consensual alternative to the crisis." Differences between the legislative power and the presidential house became more sour this week as Vargas ordered deputies to modify the Constitution in an attempt to gain more power, while declaring he would defend his authority "at any rate." In less than one month the parliament ratified Law on Arms, which enables it to accept or refuse the acquisition of war means as well as to destroy weapons in the hands of police and the Army. Another reform gives the deputies the authority to demand that ministers, vice ministers and state officials report on their work. The sociologist considered that Bolaños is pushing the nation into an unprecedented crisis in which he is trying to involve the Army and the Police. He warned that if Bolaños accuses congressmen of plotting a coup d´etat there is no way to sustain such a charge, as the legsilators are only acting in line with the Constitution. According to Vargas, the president refuses to listen to the opposition´s arguments and to see the country´s stark reality as an impoverished neo-colonial nation. He ruled out the possibility of Bolaños declaring a State of Emergency, as it would break the Constitutional order and end up in a a total disaster for the country. *Brazil's biggest party votes to leave government Brazil's biggest political party voted Sunday to withdraw from the coalition government, a second political blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in as many days. The Popular Socialist Party voted to leave the governing coalition on Saturday. Both parties are unhappy with Lula's conservative fiscal policies. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, called on all its members to quit Lula's government and support the party's own candidate for the presidential elections in 2006. However, PMDB's two cabinet ministers, Communications Minister Eunicio Oliveira and Pensions Minister Amir Lando, have indicated they would stay in their posts in defiance of their party's threat that they would be expelled if they do so. It remains to be seen how many legislators would follow their party's call as the party is divided. ========================================= COSTA RICA DIGEST DISPLAY AD RATES ========================================= This publication is designed to have one display add between each article or section. Thus, the more articles or sections we have per day, the more room we have for advertisements. Advertisements are filled on a first come first served basis, and prices vary depending on placement and frequency. You must order a minimum of 5 insertions with your order. 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