True to form, Ticos are putting of today what they can do mañana, since only 23% of vehicle owners have paid their "Marchamo" to date.  The annual vehicle tax and obligatory insurance has been collected since November, but many vehicles lack an up to date technical inspection so they cannot pay the "Marchamo".  The 792,000 vehicles that must pay have until December 31st to do so without incurring in late fees.

If you want a GSM cell line, you can get it today or tomorrow if you want to avoid the lines and have a number.  As of Thursday, anyone who wants a line can get regardless of if they have a number or not.  On Monday, ICE is expecting delivery of another 100,000 SIM chips, so for December they will offer 350,000 lines.  70,000 are already activated and 120,000 are reserved. So 160,000 will be available to last until February when the ICE expect to recieve the final 250,000 SIM chips in the contract.

The latest poll results show that just 2 months from election day 31% of Costa Ricans are undecided.  Who are they?

53 % are men
43 % are between 18 and 35 years old
33.9 % are between 36 and 50 years old
49.4 % are middle class
74.5 % are high school or college grads

Of the decided voters, 46.2% support Oscar Arias - making it possible for him to win without a runoff.  Sounding like a winner already, the ex-president stated that "I am grateful and satisfied for support people have given my candidacy.  It is also reflected in the support for my candidates for representatives"

Ottón Solís, of PAC, has 21.5 % and said that he is happy "because Oscar’s support is falling and ours is rising.  We will catch him very soon.  Otto Guevara, of the Libertarian Movement, has 13.1% and is also optimistic.  "We have more support now than before.  We are the party that is growing the most, percentage-wise.  This motivates us to work harder."

"Superamos el porcentaje que teníamos hace algún tiempo. Somos el partido que más crece, porcentualmente hablando. Eso nos motiva a trabajar más. Hoy (anoche) en cadena de radio y televisión, con el tema ‘Unamos las manos’, estamos motivando a Costa Rica a creer en que podemos estar mejor".

Antonio Álvarez, at 8.4 % and Ricardo Toledo at 4.8 % are still in the running, although they have a lot of ground to make up.  While the other candidates barely even register in the numbers.