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Mothers in Costa Rica who changed us in 2021
Mother’s Day, celebrated in Costa Rica on August 15th, is a big day at El Colectivo 506. Our media organization was co-founded by three...
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...
‘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...
Yabá Chiguí Lodge: A day in the life of an active retirement
The terrace of our living and dining room is the last frontier between human hands and the forest. There, with the Lajas Ravine at...
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...
When your talent is dreaming big
Sometimes, you’re drawn to another person by his talents or skill.
For her, it was the sheer scale of his dreams, and the way he...
From multilingual chatter to the songs of birds
Even when he was at home in Bolivia, his passport was always within reach, a journey always being planned: to forests, beaches, deserts, mountains...
They go it alone, like schoolteachers: the forest their classroom, the tourists their students. When the tourists disappeared, they kept going out, walking the...
What is your first memory of a book in your hands?
Your fingers trailing along a shelf, touching the spines? That distinct, strangely loud sound...
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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...