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...
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...
IN Costa Rica, Halloween is not officially celebrated, but it appears to be seeping into the culture. Catholic priest William Rodríguez said the Catholic...
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...
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...
MANDALAS are intricate replicas of holy mansions, laboriously constructed and destroyed soon after their completion. They can be made of jewels, flowers, dyed rice,...