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When earthquake and storm unite: Sarapiquí’s early alerts

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Alfonso Gatgens prepared this longform piece on emergencies in Sarapiquí without knowing that the greatest emergency in more than a decade was headed for...
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Can a levee save a historic town in the Southern Zone?

Esteban Calderón -
Flood have been a part of life in Ciudad Cortés since its founding. We visit the past, present and future of this community to understand its relationship with these emergencies.
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‘Sleeping peacefully depends on everyone’

Mayela Lopez -
Within a diverse context that includes border areas, indigenous and coastal communities, the Talamanca region has managed to organize an effective response capacity to natural hazards, thanks to committed people and community leaders who work to articulate and educate these populations.
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Monte Verde and volunteering: what do we do when help can’t get through?

Karina Mendez Medina -
When an emergency occurs in a community, the relevant government entities activate their protocols. But what happens when a community like Monte Verde is...
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Upala’s early alert system: learning from Hurricane Otto

Katherine Benavides Murillo -
Can you imagine being surprised by a raging flood in the middle of night? Knowing that the worst is yet to come, but not knowing...
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Building safe spaces for Costa Rica’s LGTBIQ+ community

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
Esteban Alfaro decided to make a change in his canton, Perez Zeledón, after he and his boyfriend were thrown out of a bar in...
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Inclusion 2.0: workshops ask Costa Rican businesses to open new doors

Katherine Stanley Obando -
“The little girl never grows up.”  The psychologist José Luis García has just posed a question: in the 2001 Russell Crowe movie “A Beautiful Mind,”...
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Grassroots work for an inclusive public sector

Mayela Lopez -
An office where fingerprints are processed. A training for the administrators of public ports. The meeting room of a municipal government. Sometimes, the work to...
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Costa Rica’s advances towards inclusion—with some detours

Mayela Lopez -
Over the past three decades, Costa Rica has made important legislative advances towards greater inclusion and respect for LGBTIQ+ rights. Having moved from the arrests...
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Can the government of Costa Rica rescue rural tourism?

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
Text by Mónica Quesada Cordero and Katherine Stanley Obando, with additional reporting by Mayela López and Thomas Enderlin. Sixth part in our series on...
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Guaranteeing water access isn’t easy. ASADAs show that it’s possible

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