RESULTS

Santa Cruz 1 - Brujas 2
Puntarenas 1 - Alajuela 0
Carmelita 2 - Liberia 0
San Ramon 1 - Pérez Zeledón 1
Santos 1 - Saprissa 2
Cartago 0 - Heredia 2

Standings

TEAM	Games	Won	Tied	Lost	GF-GA	PTS
GRUOP A
Puntarenas	3	3	0	0	6-1	9
Saprissa	3	3	0	0	5-2	9
Herediano	3	2	0	1	4-2	6
Liberia	3	2	0	1	4-4	6
San Ramon	3	1	1	1	2-2	4
Santa Cruz	3	0	0	3	3-6	0
GRUPO B
Pérez Zeledón	3	1	1	1	3-4	4
Carmelita	3	1	0	2	4-4	3
Alajuela	2	1	0	1	2-2	3
Brujas	3	1	0	2	2-3	3
Cartago	3	1	0	2	2-5	3
Santos	2	0	0	2	2-4	0

Next Matches

Wednesday January 25

Santos-Alajuelense, 8 p.m.,  Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar Stadium, Guapiles

Sunday January 29

Liberia hosts Puntarenas, Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Stadium
Herediano hosts Ramonense, Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium
Pérez Zeledón hosts Santacruceña, Municipal Stadium of Pérez Zeledón
Brujas hosts Santos, National Stadium
Saprissa hosts Carmelita, Ricardo Saprissa Stadium
Alajuelense hosts Cartaginés, Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium

LEADING SCORERS

Víctor Núñez, Cartaginés 15
Álvaro Saborío, Saprissa 12

On Monday, President Abel Pacheco and the Minister of Public Works, Rándall Quirós, announced that the InterAmerican Highway and 2 other routes will be fixed before they leave office in May.  The plan covers 4500 kilometers of highway in 22 separate maintenance contracts. The priority repairs are:

- Interamerican North, the Guanacaste routes.

- Interamerican South, routes to Golfito, Palmar and Paso Canoas.

- Roadways to the ports: Barranca-Caldera y Moín-Limón-Sixaola.

- The Northern Zone, particularly, the roads to Upala, Los Chiles, Guatuso y San Carlos.

According to the latest Demoscopia - Al Dia poll, Oscar Arias would win over 40% of the vote in an election held today. 

In the poll 45.5% of voters said they would choose Arias
24.1% Otton Solís
15 % Otto Guevara.

The other 11 candidates shared 15% of the vote and the margin of error was 2.8 %  Other candidates above this margin were:  Antonio Álvarez Desanti, of UPC (Union for Change), 5.4 %; José Manuel Echandi of PUN (National Union Party) and Ricardo Toledo of PUSC with 2.5 %.

As many as 35% of voters will not vote. 

The big news of the campaign thus far is the fleeing of voters from PUSC. In this poll only 6.9% of voters said they were PUSC loyalists.  In comparison 32 % say they are loyal to PLN, 13.3% to PAC and 8 % to the Libertarian Movement. Historically PLN and PUSC have garnered similar levels of support in polls and on voting day.

42 per cent of those polled said that before their loyalties lied with another party.  Of those 60% said PUSC and 28 percent said PLN.  21.8 % said they lost confidence in the party due to lack of confidence, disillusion and corruption.  8.8 % because they didn’t like the current candidate.