Will there be a strike at ICE tomorrow?
The government has made it clear it will not intervene and pressure the Central Bank (Banco Central de Costa Rica BCCR) to issue the bonds as stipulated in an agreement between ICE and the government of 16 February of this year. >more

Fugitive American banker captured in Costa Rica
An American banker accused of fraud by a U.S. grand jury has been captured by authorities in Costa Rica, the country's Security Ministry said Wednesday.

Banker Jean Pierre Harper of Frisco, Texas, was arrested Tuesday in Costa Rica, where he arrived in September. >more

Government Will Pay Teachers Interest
To the teachers who have not received wage in these months, the Government of  will pay interest on the amount they have yet to receive.>more

Texas Doctors operate in Costa Rica
Two Amarillo, Texas,  doctors performed more than a dozen gynecological cancer surgeries in 21Ž2 days during a trip to Costa Rica.

The doctors, William "Rusty" Robinson and Gregory May, went to Costa Rica in March on a Medicine for Humanity mission. They joined Dr. J. Eric Christman of University of Colorado at Denver and Dr. Robert Greenburg of UCLA.  >more

Brazil never recognized so-called Sahrawi republic (diplomat)
Brazil's ambassador to Morocco, Lauro Barbosa Da Silva Moreira, on Tuesday said his country never recognized the "puppet Sahrawi Republic." Brazil never recognized the "puppet Sahrawi Republic" and "never had any contacts with the Polisario," the diplomat said in an interview with a Moroccan daily. >more

Alberta and B.C. ripe for West Nile virus
Unseasonably warm, dry weather in Alberta and British Columbia has created the perfect conditions for a serious outbreak of West Nile virus, warned a Harvard Medical School expert yesterday.  >more

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