The Trailblazers

Katherine Stanley Obando - May 2, 2021

Series by Katherine Stanley Obando and Mónica Quesada Cordero, with additional reporting by Mayela López and Thomas Enderlin. Seventh part in our series on...

Longform

Can the government of Costa Rica rescue rural tourism?

Mónica Quesada Cordero - May 1, 2021

Text by Mónica Quesada Cordero and Katherine Stanley Obando, with additional reporting by Mayela López and Thomas Enderlin. Sixth part in our series on...

Longform

What would Costa Rica be like without rural tourism?

El Colectivo 506 - April 30, 2021

Text by Mónica Quesada Cordero and Katherine Stanley Obando, with additional reporting by Mayela López and Thomas Enderlin. Part Five in our April series...

Directory 506

Orchids, mysterious plants.

Directorio 506 - April 29, 2021

Orchids inevitably arouse curiosity and admiration. They used to be unusual, but today it is common to see them in homes and even for...

Directory 506

For Costa Rica, there’s no time to lose

Katherine Stanley Obando - April 27, 2021

I'm an introvert. When I travel, I like to hide away with a book. But despite all that, every so often, sometime extraordinary happens...

Experiences

For the love of fire

Katherine Stanley Obando - April 26, 2021

Heat explodes in the mouth: he laughs as understanding dawns over a visitor's face when she recognizes that what she is tasting is a...

Longform

The pebbles in their shoes

El Colectivo 506 - April 23, 2021

Text by Mónica Quesada Cordero and Katherine Stanley Obando, with additional reporting by Mayela López and Thomas Enderlin. Fourth part in our April series...

Directory 506

The power of the observer

Directorio 506 - April 22, 2021

When we go on a trip, a walk, a little getaway, we always have a reason. It can be knowing a new place, revisiting...

The Trailblazers

Online sales in Latin America: the challenges behind the opportunity

Galit Flasterstein - April 20, 2021

You have a great product that you’re certain will sell in the thousands if it only were available to all those international buyers. You...

Media Naranja

For the love of water

Katherine Stanley Obando - April 19, 2021

It’s a miracle that rivers exist at all. That’s what don Hernán Ramírez Alfaro has to say, with the song of running water behind his...