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Podcast in Spanish: Conversations 506 with Radio Aserrí

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Katherine chats with Fabián Alvarado, Pablo Quesada and Fernanda Bustamante, journalists from Radio Aserrí "La Potente." At the beginning of February, their community sprang...
Start at the river

Birding in Costa Rica’s Central Valley: 21 species to look for

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
Is there good bird watching in urban San José? We’re here to tell you: there’s plenty to see. Bird lovers know that the first requirement...
Media Naranja

What I learned from two years of writing little love stories

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A couple months after my dad’s death, I was wandering around New York City alone during a rare work trip when I found myself...
Places

Costa Rican’s urban rivers: a paradise we’re not too late to save

Katherine Stanley Obando -
“Yum!” says my daughter, tasting the juicy fruit of a bright-red coffee cherry. My husband, his feet covered in loose dirt baked by the summer...
Experiences

A conversation with Costa Rica’s first certified mermaid

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If you’re as new to this topic as I was before talking to Madelline Sánchez, let me first assure you: yes. It’s a thing....
Community

Just in Time for the Holidays: Arts and craft fair takes over Atenas

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Every community has distinctive features that set it apart from its neighbors and are a source of local pride. Sometimes these are natural features,...
Costa Rica Inside Out 2022

A lush reserve with a storied past: Reserva El Quetzal

Katherine Stanley Obando -
It’s not every nature reserve whose story can be traced back to volcanic eruptions, a president’s granddaughter, cross-cultural relationships, a surprise donation, a beloved...
Culture

I’m a non-believer, but I love Costa Rica’s romería

Katherine Stanley Obando -
I’m not Costa Rican. I’m practically agnostic. I have serious problems with the policies and leadership of the Catholic Church—but I love walking in...
Food That Roots Us

An inheritance of flavor: family recipes in Costa Rica

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Today, in a cyber world based on analog codes where immediacy is the greatest truth, family culinary heritage—that intangible heritage collected in ancestors' notebooks—is...
Culture

Her Majesty, the Heart of Palm: a story of ups and downs in Sarapiquí

Alfonso Gatgens -
María Luz Jiménez earned the title of “La Reina del Palmito,” or Queen of Heart of Palm, in Horquetas de Sarapiquí, because she prepares...
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Online payment processing in Costa Rica: what small business owners need to know

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Do you have a business that’s ready to sell online? What do you need to know in order to set up online payment processing?...

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