HD DVD and Blu Ray Hits Costa Rica
If you are of the age when VHS was all the rage and celebrated the introduction of the DVD disc, you will certainly be left speechless with the new generation of media called HD DVD and Bluray.

ICE Says More GSM Lines To Be Available Soon
This week the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) - the state monopoly on telecommunications - released 40.000 GSM cellular lines that were bought up as quicker than the institution can make them available. However, 30.000 who had clamoured for a connection were left out in the cold.

Costa Rica Accuses Castro of Meddling
Costa Rica accused Cuba Thursday of meddling in its internal affairs after Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticized free trade agreements between Latin American nations and the United States.

Frontier Obtains U.S. Approval For Flights to Costa Rica
Reports are that Frontier Airline has received approval to fly to Costa Rica from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Cheairs Designs Costa Rica Poster
A bright and rhythmic design by artist Nancy Cheairs highlights the fine art poster for the Memphis in May International Festival 2006 honoring Costa Rica.

Chinese Legislators Slam Costa Rica Over Voting at WHO
A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker yesterday urged the government to demand an apology from Costa Rica -- one of Taiwan's allies -- for opposing the nation's bid for WHO membership.

Ticas Recruited To Compete With Geishas
The geishas, Japan's traditional, female Japanese entertainers, have long dominated the prostitution market in the country have now strong competition, Latinas. Yesterday, a mother and her daughter were detained by Costa Rican police as suspects in a white slavery ring.