Costa Rica is preparing for the arrival of Barack Obama

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Everywhere that the President will travel were cleaned, sorted, and in some cases until refreshed with paint.

The Government is ready for the arrival of the President of the United States, Barack Obama this next May 2 in the framework of the Summit of the meeting of the members of the Central American Integration System.

The President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla has ensured that everything is impeccable for the arrival of its counterpart in the United States, Barack Obama. The municipality of San José staff works intensely on the cleaning of the surroundings of the capital which will visit Obama.

For example, gardens bordering the motorway General Cañas, which will need to pass Obama, also look very clean. Fortunately, the President will not have to deal with problems of transit by to this day Chinchilla said rest in seven cantons of the country.

This decision to extend the rest is due to that initially only affected the city of San José, however for safety and in order to facilitate the transfer, will rest elsewhere.

Francisco Chacón, Minister of communications, said yesterday that some routes that cross those cantons must close the passage, the caravan of the American President, both of the Central American Presidents attending the Summit of SICA.

Preparations not only involve cleaning issues, they are also prepared to greet Obama on issues related to the activity that will be carried out: the Summit of SICA.

Barack Obama come to Costa Rica aboard Air Force one, landing will force the closure of the international airport Juan Santa Maria. Some commercial flights are affected during the hours before your arrival.

Before coming to Costa Rica President plans to be in Mexico, then meet with President Chinchilla in the Yellow House in San Jose.

Obama will participate in the meeting of SICA in the national centre of culture (CENAC) or at the National Theatre, still-to-be-defined place.

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President Brack Obama will visit Costa Rica in May

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The last President to visit Costa Rica was Bill Clinton during his tenure in 1997.

The U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Costa Rica the first week of May, in the framework of the Summit of the System of Central American Integration (SICA), where they will discuss issues related to the promotion of economic growth and regional cooperation on the issue of public safety.

Obama not only will visit Costa Rica, but that this responds to a tour of several Latin American countries, including Mexico, country that will visit prior to play Costa Rican soil. Also at the Summit of SICA will participate the Presidents of Central America.

During your visit, Barack Obama will have a bilateral meeting with the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, who mentioned that "for Costa Rica will always be an honor to receive President Obama" and recalled that "on several occasions have signaled our interest because it is through this visit, reason that since the possibility was opened have put us in contact with other Presidents in the region to ensure that it will be a success".

The official visit by Obama was confirmed directly from the White House in Washington, DC and is planned for 3 days and 4 may, it was reported also that during these visits is intended to the President to strengthen relations with the isthmus.

For his part, Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo, said that the visit of Obama represents a recognition of the leadership of the country and President Laura Chinchilla" in the region.

The last time President Laura Chinchilla met Barack Obama was at the Summit of the Americas, almost a year ago, in the month of April 2012.

The first American President to visit Costa Rica was John F. Kennedy in 1963.

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Fellowship program targets Costa Rica, Chile

Six-week fellowships are aimed at helping Latin Americans better understand U.S. business practices.

Chile and Costa Rica, considered two of the most competitive economies of Latin America, on Tuesday helped inaugurate the International Business Fellows Matching Program (IBFMP), a new U.S. initiative to promote the exchange of ideas and best practices among the region’s small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

As we move further to expand our export base, we must put in place more effective policies to support entrepreneurship, develop small and medium-sized businesses and strengthen their export and investment capability. What we want to do is generate opportunities for small and medium enterprises that will improve their prospects for participating in global value chains, which is the new order of the day.

The six-week fellowships are aimed at helping Latin Americans better understand U.S. business practices in the area of value chains, procurement, manufacturing, marketing and management.

The International Business Fellows Matching Program offers a priceless opportunity for SMEs in both Chile and Costa Rica and will contribute to opening their horizons, expanding their knowledge and empowering them by sharing best practices with their counterparts in the United States. The added beauty of this program is the symmetry that’s going to come out of it. It will also offer American companies linkages to the Chilean and Costa Rican markets.

The idea is to focus on best practices, on what everyone does best, to build more inclusive societies. This is really what President Obama’s partnership for initiatives is all about. It’s a race to the top, and we know we compete with each other to ensure our young people are as creative and empowered as they could be.

Small businesses are often where the greatest number of jobs come from, the first woman ever to occupy this particular position at the State Department. “This matching program connects enterprises from across the hemisphere, mentoring and creating relationships that will last well beyond the six weeks of someone’s fellowship.

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Why the Hispanic vote won the U.S. election for Obama

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Hispanic voters supported overwhelmingly the re-election of Barack Obama in several key states in the U.S. presidential election

According to a poll done on the even of the election. The growing number of Latinos in the United States played a key role in Obama winning another four years as president.

A poll late Tuesday night by CBS showed Obama won the Latino vote 69 percent to 29 percent. Many pundits believe Hispanic voters won the election for Obama.

Acclaimed Miami Herald columnist Andrés Oppenheimer tweeted after Obama's win that "Romney thought he could win without the Latino vote. Big Mistake!" He added that Romney received the lowest vote among Latinos in two decades.

In Florida, for example, 58 percent of Hispanic voters voted for Obama compared to 40 percent for Romney. In Virginia 66 percent of Latinos went for the president, opposed to 31 percent for his rival, according to a survey by Latino Decisions and the group Hispanic media ImpreMedia.

Latino voters are critical in Florida, where the state remains too close to call. Hispanics make up 17.4 percent of the population. They make up 2.3 percent in Virginia, another state that's close to call. Both states likely will be won by Obama, signaling that the Democrats favorable policies toward Latinos helped deliver the election to Obama.

More so, Republican comments seemed to alienate foreign voters. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was criticized for pushing the platform of "self-deportation" to force illegal immigrants out of the country.

The poll was conducted in Spanish and English from Nov. 1 to 5 with some 5,600 Hispanic voters, who reported they had voted early or would vote for Obama on Tuesday.

In other states where Obama defeated Romney, the president won a significant portion of the Latin vote. 

In Ohio (where Hispanics make up 1.5 percent of the population), Hispanic voters favored Obama 82 percent to 17 percent. In Colorado (12.4 percent Latino), Obama won the Hispanic vote 87 percent to 10 percent.

A record 24 million Latinos were registered to vote this year, although the polling company suggested that only about half actually would cast a vote.

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