Candidates hit the campaign trail hard over the weekend and made plenty of campaign promises and accusations:

- Otton Solís of PAC in Limon  "Here we are under a system of permanent noncompliance with our laws. Large parties are receiving large contributions well over the 13 million Colones permitted by law. This is corruption, whoever receives these contributions is corrupt and whoever gives them is corrupt too. There is even an expresident who aspires to re-election, when the Constitution clearly states that re-election is not permitted."  Promises: Eliminate corruption, savings of 300,000 million Colones that today are wasted in corruption and inefficiency, and soften standards used by RiTeVe.

- Antonio Álvarez of UPC in Perez Zeledon "The illegal trafficking of human beings will not be necessary in this area when I am elected.  We will generate jobs and support small businesses so that no one needs to go to the US for opportunities." Alvarez also promised to promote an airport for the Southern Zone to assist development.

- Libertarian Otto Guevara in PZ and the Southern Zone "I will end the RiTeVe monopoly and the technical inspection. While the government does not designate 100% of the road taxes for work on the roads, nobody should have their car inspected. "  Guevara visited San Vito de Coto Brus, Sabalito, Agua Buena, Ciudad Neily, Buenos Aires and Paso Canoas. He promised to lift the area from oblivion and put them on the map again, also to deepen commercial relations with Panama (even eliminating the border) and to get property titles for those who live on the border.

- Oscar Arias of PLN held a "public plaza" in Limon "I am confident that we will get all 3 legislators from Limon, Limon belongs to Liberation." He promised to work with other parties to implement programs, attract investment to Limon - and make it the top tourist attraction in the country, build 4 lane roads,  add more police, end police corruption.  

Pop star Pink was married in Costa Rica on Saturday at the Four Seasons hotel in Papagallo to boyfriend Carey Hart.  According to an "anonymous source" - a hotel guest - the wedding was tropical, expensive and exclusive.

The source called the security measures extreme "There are closed circuit cameras, employees must identify themselves,  and they asked us to put away our cameras. Practically the whole hotel was rented by Pink and divided into 2 areas, one for the wedding planners and the other for 70 special guests."  These guests included Fred Durst, "singer" from Limp Bizkit; 90210 actress, Shannen Doherty; Axel Rose, of Guns ‘n’ Roses, Gwen Stefani, the group Blink 182 and Lisa Marie Presley.

The wedding was so spectacular that employees of other Four Seasons hotels had to come to Costa Rica to assist in the preparations. "I can’t say exactly how much it cost, but at least $1 million"

Details:
- The wedding and reception were open air, near the hotel’s meeting rooms.
-  Pink arrived accompanied by her sisters and some friends.
- Although Pink had planned to use a "lady like" dress, she wore an informal black outfit with multicolor accents.
- Guests arrived at the Liberia airport in a plane chartered by the couple.  They went straight to the spa and shops of the hotel.

ICE has enabled a hot line due to numerous complaints from consumers.  The 750 authorized dealers are under contract to activate GSM cell phones, whether or not the customer purchased the phone at the dealer.  Businesses and employees either refuse to activate the lines, or say that they don’t have SIM chips or the network is down. 

Orlando Cascante, director of Mobile Services for ICE  criticized these dealers. "We are going to investigate businesses who are not complying with the contract they signed with ICE" 

Call 206-1213 to report anamolies.

The Costa Rican Ambassador in Washington, Tomás Dueñas, has received a preliminary report of the investigation being conducted by Dade County (Miami) detectives in the shooting death of Rigoberto Alpizar.   The report was given by a representative of the US Sky Marshals and a diplomat in charge of Costa Rican affairs in the US State Department.

According to the report, Alpizar was seated in the back of the plain, when he abruptly rose from his seat with a backpack clenched to his chest. When a flight attendant asked him to remain seated, he lost control and at some point said he had a bomb. The security officials on the plane, one of them bilingual, ordered him to stop, but he continued out of the plane onto the jetway. When Alpizar tried to put his hand in the bag, they shot him.

Alpizar’s family has an appointment with the Costa Rican Chancellery on Monday and is asking for full access to the results of the investigation.  The Costa Rican Ambassador stated "This is the first time that something like this has happened on an airplane in the United States.  They are taking this seriously and we expect the investigation to be extensive."

It looks like there is no reason to vote anymore, since God has chosen Bolívar Serrano, Costa Rican Renovation candidate, as the next President of Costa Rica. In a campaign stop in the Central  Park, Serrano is quoted as saying: "Ever since I told Al Día that I spoke to God, the communication has gotten even better. God confirmed that I will win. Moreover, I have already won, because I speak to him. He supports me. That is victory."

When asked how his campaign is going, he seemed very confident, (of course who wouldn’t be?) "I have no idea, I have been travelling in Chile."

In the same park, another candidate was working the crowd. José Manuel Echandi, of PUN (National Unity Party) promised a new transparency law so the finances of public entities are under the eye of the public. Despite Serrano’s almighty vote, Echandí also predicted victory.

Victor Morales, who failed in his attempt to become the presidential candidate or legislator  for PUSC, has gone over to PAC.  Otton Solís stated that he was "honored" by the support.  Morales was part of the PUSC campaign team until August 13th, when the PUSC convention did not ratify his candidacy which was supported by Toledo. 
Ricardo Toledo reacted: "I don’t understand how someone who calls himself a social-christian democrat can go over to a party whose ideology we don’t even know, just because they feel hurt"  Lorena Vasquez, PUSC president said "He wanted to be a presidential candidate so that he could negotiate a place in the National Assembly,  and since he wasn’t successful he changed parties. That’s called opportunisitic. "

Morales in a press conference on Friday gave this sound bite: "the PUSC smells of lilies".  (in Costa Rica it is traditional to have lilies at the wake, or bring them.)  He stated that he would not go back to the PUSC, even if Calderon took back the reigns and that he was driven from the party because "values and ethics have been lost". 

Also, "When there is a party manipulated by an inner circle who does not believe that the path of ethical rebirth and renovation of principles is not the right path, that they should rest on their laurels, then there is hope."