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In the shadows, a dazzling light

Katherine Stanley Obando -
The birth of your child gives your life an arc. In fact: pregnancy. From the first strange soreness, sudden nausea, you begin to measure...
Longform

Eva is the seed

Priscilla Mora Flores -
Eva Morera Ulloa died at the age of 19. She was murdered by her ex-partner and the father of her son, who was then...
Voices

Our daughters and the poisoned apple

Katherine Stanley Obando -
“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...
Voices

Sexual harassment and the University of Costa Rica

María José Cascante -
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...
Experiences

Eyleen Vargas: The female power of Costa Rican canyoning

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
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...
Longform

Femicides can’t be predicted, but they can be prevented

Manuel Mojica -
During the last two years, Costa Rica buried 35 victims of femicide: 16 in 2019, and 19 in 2020. Those 35 cases occurred in...
Photojournalism

The faces of teenage pregnancy

Priscilla Mora Flores -
"Before I had Gresley, I was so eager to meet her. What would she be like? Who would she be? How would she turn...
People

Woman, jaguar, Labrador: one biologist’s path to conservation

Stephanny Arroyo Arce -
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...
Longform

A funeral by the sea

Natalia Díaz Zeledón -
The men heaved the concrete blocks, placing them around the body of Heisel Badilla Barrias, lying in a plush-covered coffin. They mixed cement in...
Voices

Women from Guaitil find ways to preserve their art

Mayela Lopez -
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,...
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