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By Blake Schmidt
Tico Times Staff | bschmidt@ticotimes.net

Government officials yesterday expressed concern over the potential closure of a Venezuelan state-owned aluminum plant in Costa Rica they say would be the result of political differences between President Oscar Arias and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

The closure of CVG Aluminios Nacionales S.A. (Alunasa) – which appears likely after […]

Of 6,000 GSM cell phones being sold by the phone company ICE, only 2,200 remain unsold and those are available only at authorized outlets, reported the daily Al Dia today.
The phones retained by ICE, the government monopoly phone company, sold out in a rush, according to al Dia staff writers Erick Bonilla and Yensy Aguilar. […]