The workers of the state telecom, ICE have joined the national strike today by teachers of the APSE and municipal workers, all without notice or fanfare. The doors to the ICE agencies are closed, no one can get a new telephone line or make changes to the existing. No, it is a day rest for ICE workers, as if they don’t have enough already.
Odd is that, during the live television broadcasts and photo ops by various print media, there was not one yellow shirt – the symbol worn by …

The Chinese these days are busy building sports stadium, in Costa Rica and now China’s largest sports park in. Construction began in December for what will be China’s largest sports park, the Hangzhou Sports Park.
It’ll be green, sustainable, and will span around 400,000 square meters.
Did I mention how it looks like a space city?
The mind boggles as to why this wasn’t built in time for the Beijing Olympics two years ago, but with a completion date projected for 2013, I guess these things can’t be hurried.

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Although Oscar Arias has yet to leave office and Laura Chinchilla has to take her place in the history of Costa Rica, there is already talk about who will follow her in 2014.
Could it be Rodrigo Arias, brother of president Oscar and current ministro de la Presidencia?
At least that is the latest gossip coming out of the Arias administration as it winds down its mandate on May 8.
The gossip is fueled by the fact that Rodrigo is taking a bigger public role in the last weeks in office, possibly …

It was Friday afternoon and I had to go across town and today is day “9″ and “0″ and my daily vehicle is a “9″. What do do?
Take out the stretch limo and comply with the vehicular restrictions of San José, since the license plate ends in a “4″. Or take the change with my Mercedes getting caught and the high fine of ¢40.000 or so for violating the restriction, plus anther ¢150.000 for tinted rear windows.
My trek was to take me from the Rohrmoser on the west side …

I want to share you something that happened the other day and will be happening more and more, people will lie to you. Like most of us we hang on to every word of any person we respect, even to the point of taking notes.
Well, they can lie.
The other day talking about the internet, trying to come up with a clever domain name for my latest website, to a very dear and trusted friend in Costa Rica’s premier mall, Multiplaza Escazú, while sipping espressos, he told me something I …

In a bold move to overcome hardship and make some money a half dozen supposed “hollywood” stars swallowed a tarantula and crawled through a muddy pit in Costa Rica. Last year, Patricia Blagojevich, wife of disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, made an appearance on “I’m a Celebrity… Get me out Of Here,”.
Mr. Blagojevich told the New York Times, “She has to feed her kids.”
When you’re in Costa Rica, and in dire straits, assuming that all available funds and traditional sources of credit are tapped out, here are 10 …

Italian automaker Fiat has reintroduced the 500, the perfect car for Costa Rica. No, this is not a promo piece for Fiat, although we will certainly not say no if the automaker wanted to give us a car just for writing this, it is more of an observation of the newly reborn car on Costa Rican roads.
First off, it really looks nice. It’s shiny coat of paint and in awesome colours really makes a presence on the roads that filled mainly of Japanese and …