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International Coffee Week Begins in Costa Rica

FOR the 18th consecutive year, CostaRica will host International Coffee Week(Sintercafé), one of the world’s mostimportant meetings of coffee producers,importers, exporters and consumers.Organizers say...

Foreign Workers Reap Benefits of Coffee Harvest

BETWEEN 150,000 and 200,000coffee pickers, most of whom are fromNicaragua and other countries, will participatein the coffee harvest in CostaRica, which is expected to...

Costa Ricans Criticize U.S. Election System

FAMED Mexican author Carlos Fuentes has said that since the upcoming U.S. election will affect the rest of the world, the rest of the...

Producers Receive Small Share of Coffee Market

COFFEE-producing countriesreceive only a small portion of the worldwidecoffee industry’s total revenues.Coffee is an $80 billion industry worldwide.However, producing countries keeponly $5 billion of...

Costa Rica’s Battle Against Pesticides: A Call for Organic Solutions

PROPONENTS of organic products, devoid of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and hormones, often cite two main reasons for their importance: health benefits and environmental protection. Organic...

Intricate Tibetan Sand Mandalas: Spiritual Art Ephemerally Constructed

MANDALAS are intricate replicas of holy mansions, laboriously constructed and destroyed soon after their completion. They can be made of jewels, flowers, dyed rice,...

Taking a Walk in Costa Rica on Corcovado’s Wilder Side

Most visitors hiking in Corcovado National Park use Puerto Jiménez as a staging base, staying in town or at lodges close to the park’s...

Costa Rican Program Trains Service Dogs for People with Disabilities

For many, a dog is a companion, a friend, sometimes a protector, and sometimes a nuisance. But Jenny Esquivel’s dog, Brioche, is more than...

Puerto Viejo: Balancing Tradition and Tourism Growth in Costa Rica

The southern Caribbean town has morphed from its days of hauling bananas through town to flirting with the idea of high-rise luxury resorts. The...

Costa Rica Marks 200th Anniversary of Haitian Independence

Two hundred years ago, Haitian slaves rose up against their owners and took the reins of their country. The newly freed black state became...

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