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Costa Rica’s best-kept secrets: solutions journalism and our rural communities

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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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What happens when surfing includes everyone?

Katherine Stanley Obando -
It all started with a school desk. But not in a classroom. Michael Castro Arias was 11 years old, walking along the beach one day...
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Costa Rican parathletes: colossal talent that so many overlook

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
"I grew up with no problem, my parents raised me with a mentality that there was nothing wrong with me," says Camilla Haase, a...
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Cervical cancer: 100% preventable, but surrounded by stigma

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
“But mom, people with cancer die.” That’s what Ismael, eight years old, told his mother, Arelys Badilla Bosa, when he heard her say that they...
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Did you know that death from colorectal cancer is almost 100% preventable?

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
"Colorectal cancer has significantly increased its incidence and mortality in recent years, with an 83% increase for men. Measures must be taken to reverse...
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What do men fear more: a rectal examination, or prostate cancer?

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
In a routine visit to the Marcial Fallas Clinic around 2007, Manuel Cortés Valverde told the doctor that he was going to develop prostate...
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What does it take to get a mammogram in Costa Rica?

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
Doña María Elena Quirós is 68 years old and loves to watch videos of cats and dogs on Tik Tok. They make her laugh....
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Marino Ballena: where the pandemic opened doors

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
It is the third most visited national park in Costa Rica; the economies of its neighboring communities are 95% dependent on tourism. However, when...
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How San Lucas Island was reborn

Sharon García Cavallini -
In 2020, San Lucas Island became Costa Rica's 30th national park. What benefits has this brought to the protected area and surrounding communities?
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Chirripó and its 13 guardians

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
Talking about Chirripó National Park always involves some numbers. The best known are 3,821, the number of meters above sea level of the towering...
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The dark-soul magnolia rises among the forests of Urrao

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Every day in the Colibrí del Sol reserve, two women protect the Urrao magnolia, an endangered tree, from indiscriminate logging and agricultural expansion that...

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