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A lo Tico’: On Costa Rican Spanish

Books, my mother used to say, are friends. Among those on my shelves that are instructive and humorous at the same time is “A...

Mekatelyou: The Costa Rica Language or Dialect of Limón

They sometimes call it Mekatelyou, which means, Let me tell you. It s what the black folks in the Caribbean province of Limón speak. Some...

Country to Promote Coffee in Japan

Costa Rican coffees will be promoted in Japan next month during an annual fair organized by the Costa Rican Fine Coffees Association, according to...

Walter Ferguson, Costa Rica’s Calypso King

At 87 years old,Walter Gavitt Ferguson, the famous calypsonian from Cahuita on the southern Caribbean coast, still has his spark. He may talk about...

The Story of My Parents’ Trip. . . and ‘Tia Consuelo’

It always seemed amazing to me that of all the stories I wrote for the Tico Times, the article that received the most feedback...

Tortuguero: A Tourism Destination that’s Out

Only in Costa Rica, perhaps, might a community unreachable by road be one of the country’s top tourist draws. And only in Costa Rica...

Coffee, Gene Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks

Those who rely on coffee to arouse the comatose zombie within might be interested to know that Canadian research has revealed a genetic predisposition...

Starbucks Helps Coffee Farmers

Starbucks Coffee, the coffee giant with stores popping up in rapid succession around the world, offers technical support to Costa Rican coffee farmers from...

Remodeling a Colonial Home in Granada Nicaragua

Looking back on it all, seated in my rocking chair with my cat in my lap and watching the hummingbirds sniff around the flowers...

Study: Coffee Packed with Antioxidants

RESEARCHERS at the University ofScranton, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania,have concluded that coffee is the numberone source of antioxidants compared tofruits, vegetables, red...

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