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Costa Rica’s legislators, part 1: Possession of the ball
Part one in a four-part series, “The Lineup,” that looks at the players who will dominate Costa Rica’s legislative playing field from 2022-2026: the...
It takes a village: social networks and healthy aging
“Hojancha is a green, orderly canton. If you walk through Hojancha, you breathe peace,” says Verónica Campos. She’s the deputy mayor of the canton...
Challenge yourself to learn: another secret to healthy aging
One morning in April 2021, Ana Cordero Cordero, who was 79 years old at the time, took her smartphone and wrote a message to...
A surprisingly simple Costa Rican nutritional practice for healthy aging—on the verge of being lost
“The answer is in the Blue Zones,” one Instagram user commented when we asked about the secret to healthy aging. Is this true?
Since 2007,...
How can a city become age-friendly?
“And she is doña Loly, the soul of this place,” says Verónica Hernández Zúñiga, as we walk through the gates of the Cocorí Senior...
Trainings for small businesses in Costa Rica
The world of trainings for small businesses in Costa Rica is a vast one. Virtual and in-person, free and paid, a host of offerings...
Tools for entrepreneurs and consumers: small business certifications in Costa Rica
“Everything, and nothing,” says Jorge Fallas with a laugh when asked what he’d change about Costa Rica’s small business certifications.
What does this mean? Well,...
The ever-changing border: Migration, coffee, and COVID in Costa Rica
In some ways, our entire December edition was an excuse to go find Máximo.
There were plenty of unanswered questions that tantalized us, too, of...
How does symbiosis begin? The case of Barra Honda
"They say it was me, but no, it wasn't me," says Dorian Méndez, administrator of Barra Honda National Park. “I made a proposal. That...
Costa Rica’s best-kept secrets: solutions journalism and our rural communities
When I was in second grade, the mother of my friend and classmate María Luisa said something to me that I carry with me...
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Why not this? Composting in Costa Rica
What would it take for more people to take up composting in Costa Rica? Where else in the world is this practice being implemented...
