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Costa Rican children play in a
blizzard of confetti snow during
the "aveñidazo" holiday
celebration on Christmas Eve in
San José. The aveñidazo has
become a tradition among Costa
Ricans, who walk the boulevard
in the evening to get the
holiday experience.
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Drinking and Driving Not A
Good Mix, Transit Police Will Be
Out In Full Force
While holiday season is
tradition for partying, drivers
who insist on drinking and
driving will find a surprise -
the watchful eyes of the Policía
de Tránsito, who will be out in
full force starting at 6pm
tonight and will continue to do
so until January 2.
United States To Implement
CAFTA In January 2006 Without
Costa Rica
The United States government has
announced that it will implement
the Central American and
Domincan Republic Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA-DR) on January
1, 2006 despite the fact that
Costa Rica has yet to ratify the
agreement.
No
Fireworks at Zapote.
Literally
The tradition of Zapote kicked
off yesterday at noon, including
the running of the bulls, but
with no fireworks. Literally.
Birthday Call Costs Traveler
More Than He Bargained for
It's his housemate's birthday,
and Ian Rosenfeldt wants to send
birthday wishes from his hotel
in Costa Rica. Two of his calls
don't go through and one is a
wrong number, but his credit
card is charged anyway. What's
going on here? Does the phone
company really get $43.31 for
each call that goes astray?
  Honduran
Guatemala protests against
U.S. anti-immigration initiative
The Guatemalan government lodged
a protest to the United States
against its planned
anti-immigration bill and agreed
with Mexico to fight it
together, the Guatemalan Foreign
Ministry said on Saturday.
Bush, Columbia President
discuss regional developments
U.S. President George W. Bush
telephoned Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe on Saturday to
discuss regional developments, a
White House spokesman said.
Bolivia's president-elect to
levy new tax on rich people
Bolivia's President-elect Evo
Morales will impose a new tax on
people with more than 300,000
U.S. dollars in property after
he takes office in January,
Alvaro Garcia Linera, who
Morales named as his vice
president, said on Saturday.
Mexican
volcano erupts briefly, spewing
ash, rocks
Popocatepetl volcano, 64 km away
from Mexico City, spewed a huge
column of ash and rocks Sunday
in a three-minute eruption, but
nearby towns were not affected,
local media said.
CHALLENGES 2005-2006:
Brazil's Economic Policy under
Fire
From an economic standpoint,
this year in Brazil has ended in
disillusionment, with widespread
criticism of the performance of
Finance Minister Antonio Palocci
and particularly the Central
Bank, accused of maintaining
exaggeratedly high interest
rates.
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