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Thursday 13 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Take Care When Buying A
Cellular Telephone
Next Monday the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
will put on sale 300.000
new GSM cellular
telephone lines, in time
for the Christmas
season, when many give
the gift of a cellular
telephone. As such, the
Associación
Representates
Autorizadas de
Fabricates Celulares (ASOFAC)
warns consumers to be
careful.
Bridge Alleviates
Traffic Around Multiplaza
Residents and visitors
to Escazú in the area of Multiplaza can
now breathe as sigh of relief as a newly
opened bridges alleviates the traffic
backlog at the Multiplaza and
Guachipelin exits.
Ticos Consume 400
Million Litres of Alcohol A Year
According to figures
released by the Instituto sobre
Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia (IAFA)
- institute on alcoholism and drug
dependency - some 400 million litres of
alcohol a year are consumed in Costa
Rica.
Zeta and Tropigás Lose
License
The Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios
Públicos (ARESEP)
revoked the license
concessions to sell and
store liquid gas Gas
Nacional Zeta and
Tropigás, following a
complaint by competitor
Petrogás over the
exchange of gas
cylinders.
Francisco Zuñiga: Woman
as Icon
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Jack
Rutberg Fine Arts in Los
Angeles is presenting a
formidable exhibition of
works by the major
Mexican 20th century
artist and sculptor
Francisco Zuñiga (b.
Costa Rica 1912 - d.
Mexico 1998) through
January 2008.
SICA Summit Starts in
Guatemala
The 31st Summit of the
Central American
Integration System (SICA)
began in Guatemala City
Wednesday with the
attendance of the six
presidents of the
Central American area
and representatives of
Belize and the Dominican
Republic.
Ortega Challenges US to
Drug Fight
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega left
Wednesday for Guatemala,
where he will urge the
US to invest millions if
it really wants to solve
the drug problem.
Adoption Act Approved in
Guatemala
The Guatemalan Congress
approved by 109 of 110
votes the Adoption Act
on Tuesday.
Venezuela Reform Fight
Continues
The Federation of
Spokespersons of the
Indigenous
Municipalities Councils
of Venezuela Cacique
Guaicaipuro will persist
in the attempt to obtain
approval of a
constitutional reform
proposed by President
Hugo Chavez.
Fate of Bolivia
Uncertain
Bolivia's governing
party and opposition
were once again
measuring their strength
Wednesday, leading the
nation to a dangerous
path with an uncertain
ending.
GUATEMALA:
Homicide Rate - From Bad
to Worse
The poorest parts of
Guatemala, rural areas
mainly inhabited by
indigenous people, have
lower violent crime
rates than the rest of
the country, according
to the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP),
which warns in a new
report that the murder
rate -- one of the
highest in the region --
has climbed steadily
since 1999.
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