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Foreign Residents Can Only
Obtain Cellular Service Directly
From ICE Office
Thinking of getting a cellular
phone in Costa Rica? No problem
as long as you a resident. That
has been the standing policy by
the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the state
monopoly on telecommunications -
for foreigners wanting to
connect to the cellular network.
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Beginning tomorrow, the exodus
from San José commences, as many
head for the beach for Semana
Santa while others head for the
mountains. Resort and hotel
operators report to be fully
booked and the few rooms
available will cost almost
double the normal rate.
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Semana
Santa Exodus Begins Tomorrow
The exodus to the beaches and
mountains begins tomorrow when
some 2 million people are
expected to be on the move for
the Semana Santa holiday. And
the Policía de Tránsito (Traffic
Police) will be out in full
force all week and use a zero
tolerance with respect to
drinking and driving.
Police
Confiscate Tonnes of Stolen
Cable
Following a rash of thefts of
cables while still attached to
power and telephone lines,
police yesterday confiscated
some 20 tonnes of what appears
stolen cables.
U.S. Chases Down Cocaine Boat
Off Costa Rica
A U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) airplane caught
three smuggling suspects in a
high-speed chase 900 miles
southwest of Costa Rica,
outracing a "go-fast" speedboat
laden with cocaine with a street
value of us$35 million, CBP
officials said yesterday.
New
Campaign Launched To Reduce
Traffic Accidents
During the coming days,
officials of the Policía de
Tránsito (traffic police) will
begin a new campaign to reduce
the increasing number of traffic
accidents on the country's
highways, especially during
Semana Santa, when ten of
thousands head for the roads.
Guatemalans Urged to Rise Up
Guatemalan farmer, indigenous,
educator and social
organizations called for a
national social uprising in view
of government failure to respond
to a set of socioeconomic
demands.
In
Mexico, Poverty Is Killing
Indigenous
The main causes of mortality
among Mexican indigenous can be
attributed to poverty and
marginalization, high-ranking
official Xochitl Galvez declared
Wednesday.
Cuba
Nabs Human Smugglers off Coast
Cuba has denounced Thursday a
new human trafficking case
perpetrated from the US,
repeating the criminal nature of
Washington´s policy and the
deliberate use of migration
policy against the island nation
through the Cuban Ajustment Act.
Venezuela:
US Liable for Andean Crisis
Venezuela said Wednesday the US
is responsible for the Andean
crisis by sweet talking Colombia
and Peru into signing bilateral
free trade agreements and
negotiating a similar deal with
Ecuador.
ARGENTINA-URUGUAY:
Protesters Resume Roadblock in
Pulp Mill Conflict
Local
residents in the town of
Gualeguaychú, who are
spearheading the resistance in
Argentina to two paper pulp
mills being built across a
border river in Uruguay, ignored
the advice of their legal
representatives Wednesday and
began to block traffic again
over a bridge linking the two
countries.
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