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Nicaragua’s Coffee Crisis Worsens Extreme Poverty

MANAGUA – Despite years of drought, the onset of a coffee crisis and the devastation of Hurricane Mitch, overall poverty in Nicaragua fell from...

1,000 Abuse Cases Reported Each Month

THE Child Welfare Office (PANI) last week reported that 1,000 complaints of child abuse are made to the emergency911 phone service each month. These...

The Unsolved Mystery of La Penca: 20 Years of Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups

Twenty years have produced conspiracy theories, accusations of both CIA and Sandinista involvement, and links to the Iran-Contra scandal. Twenty years have produced multimillion-dollar...

Coffee-Production Degree Brewing

THE Costa Rican Coffee Institute(ICAFE) and the University of Costa Rica(UCR) are teaming up to create a universitycourse on the art of processing coffee.The...

Orchid Trees: The Hardy and Beautiful Addition to Your Home Garden

If you are a fan of orchids, then you will love orchid trees. Where orchids only flower once a year, the trees flower most...

Cultivating Tradition: Organic Cacao and Chocolate Making in Costa Rica

BRIBRI DE TALAMANCA – Most chocolate is sweet. For a group of organic farmers in Talamanca, in Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean zone, cultivating cacao...

Costa Rica Photography Exhibition Up Close and Personal

A SIMPLE photographic ambition reaching epic depths is propped on the walls of the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center in San José. "People's Lives"...

Panama Lobster Population Faces Crisis as Fishing Practices Threaten Future

BOCAS DEL TORO, Panama – Experts from around Central America gathered in Panama City last week to discuss the status of the spiny lobster...

Cane Cutting in Costa Rica: Harsh Reality for Nicaraguan Laborers

Eighty machete-wielding cane cutters have swiped at the charred stalks in Grecia, in the Central Valley, since late January. After burning the undergrowth to...

Sustainable Tourism in Costa Rica: Balancing Eco-Friendly Practices with Mass Tourism Trends

A scorecard on sustainable tourism recently published by National Geographic Traveler Magazine gave Costa Rica what it called a “surprisingly mediocre score,” pointing to...

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