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International Coffee Industry Gears up for SINTERCAFE

Expected topics of discussion during this year’s International Coffee Week include Brazil’s massive production and Costa Rica’s entrance into the Chinese market. The annual gathering...

Fishing For Tarpon on Caribbean Coast Makes for Great Story

It was the night before I landed my first tarpon. Daniel Herrera, my friend and Parismina fishing guide, sat forward in his chair at the...

A Guide to Boquete: Where Nature Meets Expat Comfort in Panama

As the road begins to wind down toward the little town in the middle of the valley, an impressive vista emerges. Rivers, brown...

Life Remains a Struggle for Coffee Pickers

MATAGALPA – To be a coffee picker in these northern highlands means to wander from hacienda to hacienda, looking for work that rarely pays...

Spanish Language History: Words Every Costa Rica Expat Should Know

Given the history of the American continent, it is not surprising that Spanish and English have so affected each other. Certainly, English has contributed...

A House Cat Survives Against the Odds in the Costa Rican Jungle

When I met Jim, he had been living at the Danish woman’s cabins in the jungle for eight months. This was a feat in...

Nicaraguans Flee Ortega’s Dictatorship: Round Two of Exile Begins

A group of Nicaraguans who fled their war-torn country during the 1980s and came back the following decade is once again wanting out. These...

First Leatherback Turtles Arrive on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

The first leatherback sea turtles of the season arrived last week to nest on the sandy shores of the northwestern province of Guanacaste. The...

Miskito Community Loses Its Forest

MANAGUA – Nicanor Polanco said he had no idea a hurricane was heading his way when he and his fellow cooperative members went out...

Coffee Farmers Urged to Focus on Quality

MANAGUA – The keys to Nicaragua’s full recovery from the 2000-2004 global coffee crisis are to focus on quality, not quantity, and to create...

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