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Educating in a pandemic: a family tale 1, 2, and 3

What has pandemic education meant to you? Have you experienced it as a parent, teacher, grandparent, onlooker? In Costa Rica, or somewhere else in the...

Our daughters and the poisoned apple

“I want to disappear,” my daughter said. “What?” My hand, resting on her shoulder, tightened its grip instinctively to match the squeeze of my heart. “It’s...

Sexual harassment and the University of Costa Rica

We couldn't close out our February edition, focused on some of the most serious issues that affect the life and death of women in...

Women from Guaitil find ways to preserve their art

Under the shadow of a roof that shelters her from the typical heat of the northwestern province of Guanacaste, Melesia Villafuerte, a 57-year-old artisan,...

My grandmother and the sea

  My grandmother named me, and from that moment she welcomed me as a daughter. When the fog came to her mind, I became the caretaker...

‘One cup of coffee can make a difference’

A month spent focusing on the Costa Rican coffee industry and the financial struggles faced by small coffee growers would not be complete without...

Coffee micromills break new ground

“As long as producers are not aware of their position within the model, they will not be able to leave. Because the model is...

What does it mean to be Ngöbe?

Being Ngöbe is a wide-ranging, ever-changing experience. The primary requirement for a person to be considered Ngöbe is that his or her parents identify...

Welcome to Voices 506! We’d love to hear from you

When Mónica, Pippa and I joined forces to create a new, bilingual media organization, we wanted to build a space where professional journalists could...

New Year’s traditions and the world’s ‘happiest country’

One New Year’s Day a few years ago, I sat at the cement table, or pollito, in our little garden with my parents and...
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