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In the shadows, a dazzling light
The birth of your child gives your life an arc. In fact: pregnancy. From the first strange soreness, sudden nausea, you begin to measure...
Eyleen Vargas: The female power of Costa Rican canyoning
Here in the year 2021, we might think that all roads have been traveled, but they haven't. Some claim to be exploring parts of...
The story of La Llorona, but not the one you know
It’s such a small stone for such a big name.
La Llorona: she who cries. A massive, creepy presence in our legends, in the minds...
Woman, jaguar, Labrador: one biologist’s path to conservation
Who would not like to see a jaguar in its habitat?
We'd all like to, right? Stephanny knows the feeling. She's dedicated more than a...
We played our hearts out, he and I
If only we'd come prepared, I thought when we came across the soccer field on the potato farm, seemingly by accident.
But I was the...
There are thousands of women I admire. I admit that many leave a strong impression on me, even if I've never met them. But...
One day we took each other’s hand. We never let go
Have you ever had that feeling of enormous pressure on your heart, but somehow it feels nice? That's what I feel when I see...
Conqueror of our time, San Gerardo de Dota is born.
San Gerardo de Dota, a beautiful basin of oak forest and Quetzal birds, was baptized by Caridad Zúñiga after Saint Gerard, the patron saint...
On the other side of the Rio Grande de Térraba, where there is no inter-American street or electricity, lives Celedina Maroto Leiva, a 66-year-old...
From hunter to animal protector. The story of an animal lover.
Alvaro Otoya, 62, describes himself as “a hunter that has been hunted, because instead of me hunting the animals, they hunted me.”
An animal lover...
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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...