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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...

Make Mother’s Day in Costa Rica Special

ALTHOUGH Costa Rica deals with Mother's Day in a religious context, that doesn't mean the special day hasn't been able to avoid the commercial...

Bring the Outdoors Inside: Decorate with Plants

In these modern times, as people seem to be separating themselves more and more from their vital connection with nature, it is possible to...

Top Tips for Buying High-Quality Fabrics in Costa Rica

RULE number one for buying fabrics in Costa Rica? Get the terminology correct. The generic word in Spanish for fabric is tela. Don’t ask...

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