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Are you ready to celebrate tomorrow?
We need it. When have we ever needed it more?
Open air that can’t be trapped, mud that can’t be...
Beneath the surface of the Gulf of Nicoya
When most of us look at the gulf, we see water and sky, the gentle curves and triangles of waves. He, however, sees what...
When’s the last time you nearly turned back?
Stop for a moment amidst the rush; close your eyes, if you like. Imagine that moment you...
Where the water meets the sand
The love story for the community of one of the pioneers of the Ostional project.
Media Naranja Column inspired by a report by Karina Méndez about the way that residents of Monteverde and surrounding communities reacted to Tropical Storm Nate in 2017.
A storm redraws the map.
Things that seem immovable—roadways, houses, landmarks of generations—are ripped from their places. But lives, too, are cast asunder. The firmest...
What’s in a name?
To a mother, at one point, it’s everything. She ponders, wonders, smiles at her own audacity. She says the names of...
‘Finally, we can sleep at night’
“Ya vamos a poder dormir.” Now we’ll be able to sleep at night. Now. Ya. Finally.
Ya, a word so expressive, so eloquent. It can...
Bourbon. Bitters. Sugar. Water. A graceful unwinding of orange peel. Why call it an Old Fashioned when you could call it a Media Naranja,...
Even when the world stops, life goes on. Not fear, not death—not even a pandemic full of death—can keep hope from poking through, new...
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What to consider when creating a journalism hiring policy
At El Colectivo 506, Costa Rica’s national solutions journalism organization, has decided to create and share our new hiring policy openly in hopes of...