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Though ICE announced that the
sale of the new GSM network
would begin at 7:30pm, many
formed lines early in the
morning at ICE offices like
Avenida Segunda (picture above)
early in the morning.
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HO H!
HO!... Craziness For Cellular
Phones
The craziness to get a cell
phone began at 7:30pm sharp,
when the Instituto Costarricense
de Electrticidad (ICE) made
available the first 250.000 of
the 600.000 new GSM network
lines.
Lawmakers Approve 2006 Budget
Plan
Costa Rican legislators last
week approved a national budget
for 2006, and while the
government believes it has been
prudent in not approving
substantial new sums for social
spending, there remains concern
that the budget will add to the
country's growing debt burden.
Arias Still in First Place in
Costa Rica, La Nación Poll
Former head of state Óscar Arias
Sánchez is still the candidate
to beat in Costa Rica, according
to a poll by Unimer published in
La Nación.
Jump
in Dengue Fever Cases
Nearly 35,400 dengue fever cases
were reported in Costa Rica from
January to November, up 311
percent from the same period
last year, the Ministry of
Health said Monday.
Align Technology Recognized
as Top Service Exporter in Costa
Rica
Align Technology, Inc, the
inventor of Invisalign®, a
proprietary method of
straightening teeth without
wires or brackets, has received
Costa Rica's prestigious CADEXCO
Award for Merit in the Export of
Services from the Costa Rican
Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO).
Government Aguinaldo on the
Streets Today
Today, Tuesday, December 6, more
than ˘53 billion colones (us$107
million dollars) will hit the
streets with the payment of the
annual "Aguinaldo" by the
government to public employees,
this in addition to the payment
of ˘140 billion colones (us$280
million dollars) by private
employers that have until
December 20 to pay up.
 
Chavez's ruling coalition sweeps
all parliament seats in
Venezuela
Venezuela's ruling party MVR
announced Monday that it and its
allies have won all 167 seats of
the country's single-chamber
congress in the weekend's
legislative election.
Brazil says rain forest
destruction drops sharply
Brazilian Environment Minister
Marina Silva told reporters on
Monday that better police
enforcement and tough regulation
have slowed the pace of rain
forest shrink by 31 percent in
2005.
Mercosur leaders to discuss
setting up common parliament
Presidents of Mercosur countries
will talk about the creation of
a common parliament Parlasur at
their summit slated for Dec. 8-9
in Montevideo, diplomatic
sources said on Monday.
Five
police officers killed in ambush
in Peru
Five policemen were killed in an
ambush in the Ayacucho
department in southeastern Peru,
an incident which also injured
another official and a civilian,
regional official Omar Quesada
told the press on Monday.
MEXICO:
Massive Turnout at Fair Shows
Interest in Books Is Alive and
Well
The belief
that people in Mexico do not
read much may have to be
revisited, said literary critic
Carmen Vargas, who declared that
she was greatly impressed by the
size of the Guadalajara
International Book Fair that
ended Sunday with the
participation of 1,614
publishing houses from 39
countries and just under 500,000
visitors.
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