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Christmas decorations are everywhere. This house in
Desemparados is the best we've seen so far. The
corner house is located a few feet East of the
Centro Comercial de Desmaparados.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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| NEWS |
updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Solis Family
Considers Suit in Toronto death
In a
report carried by the National Post, Canada's
national newspapers, the family of
Augusto Cesar
Mejia Solis's death,
the Costa Rican
killed in the collapse of the Toronto's Uptown
Theatre, is considering suing those
responsible, the man's uncle said yesterday.
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Paper Confetti
a Problem for Politicians
In December, as a tradition, white confetti is
sold on the downtown street of San José. The
while paper rounds are an attempt to reproduce
the effect of snow, given that most Costa
Ricans have never seen snow. >more
Festival of
Lights Preparations Begin
This
Saturday, starting at 6pm, is the annual
Festival of Lights. This year it is expected
that there will be 11 floats - 2 more than
last year - and 10 bands who will take part in
the festivities. >more
United Nations
to Discuss Human Cloning in 2004
In what
has become one of the thorniest issues at the
United Nations, the General Assembly on
Tuesday opted to move a debate on whether to
ban all forms of human cloning back to next
year. >more
Argentina sets
conditions for troops to Iraq
Argentina
announced Wednesday that its "troops will only
be sent to Iraq if this is requested by a
government elected by the Iraqi people," and
under the operational and political leadership
of the United Nations. >more
Colombian
hostage kin occupy churches to demand
humanitarian deal
About
30 relatives of 12 Colombian lawmakers
kidnapped by guerrillas 20 months ago occupied
a church in the southwestern city of Cali on
Wednesday to demand the government make a
humanitarian deal with rebels to free the
hostages. >more
Chile to take
APEC presidency at Vina del Mar meeting
Chile
will take over the presidency of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
at an APEC meeting starting Thursday in the
resort town of Vina del Mar. >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
LATIN AMERICA |
Cell Phones - From Status Symbol to Tool
of the Masses
In the early 1990s, Uruguayan
businessman Luis Rodríguez asked his
secretary to call him during a meeting
with some of his clients. He had a
cellular telephone and he wanted to show
it off.
Owning a mobile phone -- as big and
heavy as a brick in those days -- was a
status symbol, but also a magnet for
thieves, according to Rodríguez, who for
the past 25 years has been in the
business of selling telephones and
accessories.
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