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Activists gather outside the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in Costa Rica's capital San Jose, where for the first time in its history, a case will be heard about the legality of denying a woman access to abortion services. A woman identified only as "Beatriz" is symbolically squaring off against the Central American country of El Salvador, which enforces an absolute ban on the procedure regardless of the fetus's health or any risk to the pregnant woman. IMAGES
San Jose, Oct 7 (EFE) (CAMERA: Douglas Marin) .- Opposition leaders exiled in Costa Rica Thursday asked the international community to ignore the results of the elections on November 7 in Nicaragua.
San Jose, Oct 1 (EFE).- Nicaraguans living in exile in Costa Rica demonstrated Friday outside the embassy of the Organization of American States (OAS), asking the body to ignore the elections on Nov. 7, in which the current leader Daniel Ortega aspires to run for the third consecutive re-election.The movement leader Francisca Ramírez, who lived in exile in Costa Rica, led the movement and delivered a letter at the headquarters of the OAS denouncing the oppression of the media and the imprisonment of opposition leaders as well as candidates, and asked the organization "not to recognize illegitimate rulers". (Camera: DOUGLAS MARÍN).SHOT LIST: NICARAGUANS LIVING IN EXHILE IN COSTA RICA DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
San Jose, Sep 30 (EFE).- Organizations of Nicaraguan people living in exile in Costa Rica formed the Nicaraguan Democratic Union Thursday and asked the people of their country and the international community to react to what they consider a "dictatorship" and "illegitimate" presidential elections to be held on Sep. 7.A dozen of Nicaraguan civil organizations joined in the Nicaraguan Democratic Union (UDN) in order to ensure that civil rights are fulfilled, that the human rights of the people in Nicaragua are respected. (Camera: DOUGLAS MARÍN).SHOT LIST: THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC UNION, IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.SOUND BITES: ONE OF THE LEADERS OF NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC UNION, GERARDO SÁNCHEZ (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATIONS: The UDN (Nicaraguan Democratic Union) calls on the Nicaraguan people not to take part in the electoral circus of the dictatorship. The only thing they want is to legitimize crimes against humanity, for which we do not support since the only free election will only take place without the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Managua, Aug 9 (EFE).- A former Nicaraguan ambassador to Costa Rica was detained on Monday after leaving an appointment at the Public Ministry, said his opposition Citizens for Freedom Party (CxL).Mauricio José Díaz Dávila, 70, a former deputy in the Central American Parliament and 2017 Managua mayoral candidate, was intercepted by police officers as he was driving home, according to the complaint. (Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS).SHOT LIST: THE FORMER NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR TO COSTA RICA MAURICIO JOSÉ DÍAZ DÁVILA APPEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC MINISTRY, IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).