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The
UCCRAn Update: at the current time, there are two
MAJOR strategies that are actively being pursued. Click
here.
Opinion:
by Nicholas
C. Allen Click
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Protest Against War with IRAQ
Hundreds of
thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday from cities
worldwide to insist that the United States give an opportunity to Peace
and not to hurry in a war against Iraq.
Many took the streets of San José on Saturday to protest the United
State's impending war with IRAQ.
A gathering in front of the Teatro Nacional was filled with music, songs
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Deal Reached at ICE
As reported yesterday, ICE has reached a
deal that satisfies all the parties involved in the negotiations - the
government, unions and the executives at ICE - to avoid a planned strike for
tomorrow Tuesday.
Briefly, the deal allows ICE to postpone it's planned investments for this year
and keep it's spending to not create a deficit, while guaranteeing there will be
no layoffs. There will be a request made to the ARESEP, the public authority
that regulates all rates for public services, in the increase of the cost of
electricity.
Two Jamaicans Captured for Drug Smuggling
One of the arrests occurred in the
airport Juan Santamaría, when two kilos of marijuana compressed in the luggage
of one of the suspects was detected as he came to the country coming from
Panama.
The second case was discovered in Limon, when
another Jamaican tried to leave the country approaching the cruise shipt in
which he worked. The authorities discovered an hidden kilo of cocaine in the
soles of his shoes.
According to the Costa Rican legislation, the international drug traffic is
punished with up to 20 years of prison.
Now Roaming With TDMA Cellular
Telephone possible
Aresep (Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos) approved
ICE's rates for roaming telephone service to it's TDMA cellular telephones>
Customers with TDMA telephones can now use their cellular phones in different
countries with a cost of between $0.59 and $1.09 depending on the country they
are visiting.
In addition, you can receive calls made from Costa Rica to the cellular
telephone while visiting abroad, with the cost of the call set at the
international rate now charged by ICE.
For customers who want to take advantage of the this service, they make prior
arrangements and leave a $150 security deposit.
World Trade Organization Talks End in
Deadlock, Frustration Up
The United States and Europe traded
barbed comments Sunday after three days of WTO talks exposed deep divisions on
agriculture and other issues that could put the latest round of world trade
liberalization in jeopardy.
Putting a brave face on things, the head of the World Trade Organization said
there was still hope of meeting a March 31 deadline for reaching an agreement on
farm trade reforms. 
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