The Arizona immigration law controversy is spilling into others states, like Alabama where gubernatorial candidate Tim James, in an attempt to boost his ratings in the polls, by coming out with a television ad “we speak English in Alabama”, promising that driver’s license testing in that state will be only in English is he elected governor.
This recent act of xenophobia brings out the question how does a small country like Costa Rica with the many languages spoken here.
Of course, any American visiting Costa Rica knows well that Spanish is …

With the obsessive traffic fines and sanctions, foreigners living and/or working in Costa Rica are best to get a Costa Rican drivers license and avoid getting fined for driving without a license, for you see any foreigner outside of their “visitors” visa is required to do so. The fine for not following this regulation is ¢68.100, plus 30% for PANI (Children’s welfare agency) and 3% a month late fees.
The rules for foreigners calls for anyone outside of his or her “visitor” stay (90 days for North Americans and Europeans, …

At 9am this morning, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Oscar Arias, with only a few days left in his presidency, will be placing the cornerstone of the new Casa Presidencial building, which is to be located across from the Asemblea Legislative.
But, there is one catch.
The government has yet to purchase the land made of 13 parcels that is still in the name of the original owners, according to a verification by the La Nación and confirmed by the government’s press office, that negotiations for the purchases is still ongoing.
The project …

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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