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

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

‘I don’t know how to close the gap, but I think journalism can’

Since the launch  of El Colectivo 506, Marie Garnier—a Costa Rican university professor based in the Netherlands—has been one of our most passionate readers....

A dangerous narrative: the migrant crisis in Costa Rica

As an international educator and advocate for immigrant and refugee rights, I often use Costa Rica as an example for humanitarian refugee policies in...

The challenges of older adults in Costa Rica today

Costa Rica is getting old. Experts tell us that the older adult population is going to grow exponentially; the population pyramid is about to...

Old age and filial love

October, month of heavy rains and floods. According to the old song that my grandmother Rosa used to sing, "of all the moons,...

Building dreams of community life: Cohousing for the elderly

“What if we lived together? What if when we retire, we look for a plot or an abandoned building, and build a place where...

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

How many memories do you have that are so clear, you can practically feel and smell everything that was happening around you at that...

Tools for entrepreneurs: Siquirres woman starts an accessible marketing business

Dayana Campos Peña, of Siquirres, Limón, is using her talents to provide tools for entrepreneurs like her. As the pandemic wore on in Costa...

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

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...

For a bilingual country, teachers and parents must work together

The moment when I realized what teaching is all about took place when I was working at La Escuela La Inmaculada in Quepos, with...
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Train journalists to investigate, but also to study solutions

Approximately four in ten (39%) of those interviewed for the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2024 at the University of Oxford said they sometimes...
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