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The reality of the Costa Rican electorate |
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San José, Alajuela, Desamparados, Cartago and Pérez Zeledón cover a quarter of the entire electoral registry for the general elections of February 4, 2018. Those five cantons have the largest number of voters, as reported by the Supreme Court of Elections (TSE). The five cantons together add up to 829,486 voters, 24.78 % of the total number of people authorized to decide who will be the next President of the Republic, as well as the legislators who will sit the Legislative Assembly for the next four years. Three of the cantons are from San José, which consequently is the province with the most voters: 1,114,779. The capital city is followed by Alajuela with 630,990 voters, Cartago with 387,905, Heredia with 332,859, Puntarenas with 310,662, Guanacaste with 240,637 and Limón with 272,633. In total, there will be 3,290,465 people enrolled in the national territory. The remaining 31,864 voters are authorized to cast their votes in one of the 52 authorized consulates in 42 countries. This is the second time in history that Costa Ricans can vote from abroad. From the total amount of voters living abroad, most of them are registered in New York (8,674), Los Angeles (3,545), Miami (3,408) and Atlanta (2,300). The electorate increased by 7.93 percent compared to the previous elections, a 244,008 difference. By February 4, 2018 there will be 138,096 new voters. Among them, 184 young people will turn 18 years on election day. The list of citizens could have been even larger however, but 25,099 were excluded for not having completed their registration process. |
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...There are almost 250,000 new voters when compared 2014 election. In contrast, 633 voters are over 100 years
old. The oldest elector is 117 years old.
People under 40 years of age make up 50 percent of the citizen list authorized to vote. The age group with the most voters, which is the 32-year-old with 80,888, is included in that range. As in 2010 and 2014, the women are the majority among those registered for the 2018 elections, with 12,119 more voters. However, the trend is only reflected in San José, Heredia and Cartago. The electoral authorities have registered 36,361 voters in indigenous territories, 9,575 in prisons, 2,448 in senior residences and 337 in mental health centers. About half of the 61,668 naturalized electors are from Nicaragua, 13.1 percent from Colombia, 6.4 percent from El Salvador and 3.9 percent from Cuba. |
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| Fiscal benefits for electric cars could be voted soon | |
By A.M. Costa Rica staff A bill seeking to encourage drivers to own 100% electric vehicles in the country is on the verge of being approved by the Legislative Assembly. The initiative is included in a list of proposals that have already reached consensus among the different parliamentary factions. The legislators could vote on the bill at any time during this or next week, according to legislator Marcela Guerrero, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), and promoter of the proposal. The original text has undergone several modifications since it was first presented in the legislature. Some of the most important modifications include that tax exemptions and other fiscal benefits will only apply to 100% electric vehicles with zero emissions technologies and no combustion engines at all. This applies to new vehicles or used ones up to 12 months old. It includes automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, minibuses and buses, trains and others. Tax exemptions will be valid for five years once the law is published. Electric vehicles will also be exempted from the payment of sales taxes. The proposal will exempt the owners of the electric vehicles from the payment of the Marchamo for the first five years. Some other tax exemptions will be applied to parts and spare parts for electric vehicles, previously approved by the specified by the Ministry of Environment and Energy. Fiscal benefits will also be granted to the construction of recharge centers. |
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Some Costa Ricans are
starting to lead by exampleby using hybrid cars. This type of technology will not be subject to vehicular restriction and will not pay parking meters, since they will be supposed to park in special spots called blue parking lots. The Central Government and state institutions will have to schedule the renewal of their fleets by 10% with electric vehicles. The importing companies must offer updated and recent models from the international market as well as providing the required maintenance. The bus fleets will have to become electric eventually. To push this process, legislators have also stated in the bill that banks will have to implement credit lines for the purchase of electric vehicles with affordable installments, interest rates, guarantees and procedures. Private companies replacing their fleet by at least 10% per year may lower the cost of their income tax. |
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Costa Rican diplomat in India faces health problems due to extreme pollution |
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By AM Costa Rica
staff
The high levels of pollution
in New Delhi, the capital of India, caused the Costa
Rican ambassador appointed to that country to move
to another city. |
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The city of New Delhi is going through an air quality emergency. The staff of the Embassy of Costa Rica in India is made up of Cruz; Eduardo Salgado Retana, Minister Counselor and Consul General and Magda Fernández Vargas, Counselor and Consul. According to the Washington Post, other foreign diplomats have gone through similar situations due to pollution in the country's capital. The situation also spills over to foreign professionals who moved to India for work reasons. The Reuters news agency reported on Monday that "the toxic contamination in New Delhi exceeded 10 times the recommended limit, which has aggravated the environmental emergency declared in the city a week ago". |
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Country reaches 300 days of using only renewable energy sources |
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff According to data from the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) as of Friday, November 17, Costa Rica reached the milestone of 300 days using electricity produced 100% with renewable sources. Since May 1, the National Electric System (SEN) has not needed to resort to the backup system of fuels for energy production. "The country accumulates 99.62% of electricity production with its five renewable sources, the highest proportion since 1987," the Institute said on a press release. Electricity generation sources come from: water (78.26%), wind (10.29%), geothermal (10.23%), biomass and solar (0.84%), and hydrocarbon support: (0.38%). "The optimization of the electrical grid has allowed us to take advantage of the high availability of water. The regulatory reservoirs offer us a guarantee to maximize the use of variable sources, mainly water and the wind, along with a contribution of geothermal energy," said Carlos Obregón, ICE's executive president. |
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1987
was the last year ICE achieved
the same result. In 2015, the SEN registered 299 days of renewable electricity generation and in 2016 it accounted for 271 days. The country was recognized for that achievement worldwide. However, the transport sector continues to depend on high levels of fossil fuels. |
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