SILVIA Ruiz, a Spanish law studentwho studied Costa Rican cooperative lawfor a year while living here writing herdoctoral thesis, said the educationalopportunities cooperatives offer...
THIRTEEN years ago a group of poorentrepreneurs pooled their resources andformed a grocery store cooperative in thenorthern Pacific province of Guanacaste.They used their collective...
THE new Lyrical Voices Associationwill be presenting eight performances ofVerdi’s popular opera, La Traviata, at theMelico Salazar Theater, starting Fri., Feb.25. The group was...
CLUB Vertigo, San José’s all-night,electronic-music hot spot onPaseo Colón, held an event Feb. 4 toraise funds for the natural-disaster victimsof the flooding in Costa...
INTERNATIONALLY recognizedpainter and screen maker Jane Goldman isdisplaying for the first time in Costa Ricaan impressive collection of her works. Theselection of art will...
The annual Southern CaribbeanMusic Festival will begin later thanusual this year as the region recoversfrom the flooding that damaged partsof the area earlier this...
THIS year marks the 70th anniversaryof the establishment of diplomaticrelations between Japan and the fiveCentral American countries. As part ofthe celebration, the National Academyof...