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Certified Coffee Makes Inroads

FINCA EL RECREO, MATAGALPA – Strange, really. No snake bites. No amputees from machete accidents. No injuries from drunken fights. Zero malaria. It’s a wonder...

Gritería Festival in Nicaragua: History, Culture, and Debate

Nicaragua's traditional “gritería” (Shout), celebrated every Dec. 7 in honor of the Immaculate Conception, marked its 150th anniversary last week amid debate over the...

Costa Rica Property Owners Reeling From Tax Sticker Shock

The beaches of Malpaís were just another slice of paradise – until the tax bill arrived. Catherine and Michael Wood, U.S. citizens who first...

Afro – Costa Rican Women Tackle Invisibility

Karla Samuels, 20, has no shortage of examples of what it’s like to be an “invisible” visible minority. A second-year student of sociology at the...

Costa Rica to Require Yellow Fever Vaccine

As of this week, Costa Rica now requires that tourists from 18 countries in South America and Africa have an international certificate proving they...

Costa Rica Coffee Farm a 118-Year Family Tradition

MELLIZAS, Southern Zone – The fire in the 100-year-old roaster is still burning as Roberto Montero scoops up a cupful of beans from the...

Ngöbe-Buglé Arrive for Early Coffee Crop

Each November, nearly 200 Ngöbe-Buglé indigenous people walk from their homes around Bocas del Toro, Panama, to Hacienda La Amistad, a coffee plantation and...

Property Disputes Brew Problems in Coffee Country

MANAGUA – The NicaraguanCenter for Human Rights (CENIDH) is demanding that the Sandinista government return valuable coffee lands to 54 families who claim their...

Vast Costa Rican Caribbean Refuge at Risk

BARRA DEL COLORADO, Limón – On any given day,Abel Castro patrols exactly one half of Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge. His partner, Adolfo...

Costa Rican Coffee to Get Origin Certifications

A five-year effort to add value to Costa Rican coffee will finally see fruit during next year’s harvest. Starting in  2008, some Costa Rican...

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