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President Carlos Alvarado has said Costa Rica must tighten its belts and reduce costs in order to preserve the country’s economic stability. 

President Luis Guillermo Solís said that he knows the whole country is outraged about the Judicial workers' strike.

Starting next month, public employees in Costa Rica will receive a salary increase ranging from 1.08 to 1.60 percent depending on profession. However, some unions are not happy with the amount.

Costa Rica has agreed to pay the medical bills and other compensation for some 12,000 banana workers and their relatives suffering lingering effects of exposure to pesticides in the 1960s and '70s.

Beginning in 2015, Costa Rican lawmakers will receive only one pay raise per year – not two – according to reforms approved Tuesday in a first-round debate at the Legislative Assembly.