Gleanings of news stories that there will be a rally or rallies about Guanacaste scheduled to be held today, August 22, 2013. Talk of rallying has been for over a month.
One, both, or a simultaneous event of the following, loosely summarized, is what the march or marches is about:
- March for the confirmation of annexation of Guanacaste
- March for the non-recognition of annexation
Key words: "Marcha por la Patria" ~ "March for the Fatherland"
Countries of disputation of land:
The President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has apparently taken up a position of refusal regarding conceding on the matter, the referent leader President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.
Translated from Spanish, "
The
protest is organized by the Municipality of Nicoya, one of the major
communities in the province, and just the place where the July 25, 1824
that territory decided at an open meeting, annexed to Costa Rica." This from the article translated, "They hope to thousands marched against Ortega in Costa Rica's Guanacaste region".
Source: Reuters | 21/08/2013
*http://www.elpais.cr/frontend/noticia_detalle/1/84825
Brief background: Guanacaste is probably described in commonly found writings as a Province located in the northwestern part of Costa Rica, geographically just south of Nicaraugua.
Guanacaste Day, marked July 25.
Some sources in Spanish:
*
http://www.elpais.cr/...http://www.crhoy.com/foro-de-guanacaste-descarta-participacion-en-marcha-por-la-patria/Some sources in English:
A TicoTimes article discusses a protest that has,
already taken place, somewhere in, near, or between July 23 and July 25, 2013, in their article "
Grave concerns contrast with lighthearted festivities..."
