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March 8 is International Women’s Day 2022

Mary Ann Stark -
Women have been around since the time of Eve yet we still find a need to call for equality.  The world still considers it...
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Costa Rica’s Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it

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There appear to be two schools of thought when it comes to Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it. Those of the older generation...
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Valentine’s in Costa Rica: Beware of Armed Cherubs

Mitzi Stark -
Hearts, candy, flowers, mood music and that chubby-cheeked cherub in a loincloth – you guessed it. Valentine's Day is coming. Romance makes for strange bedfellows,...
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Merry Christmas!

Alberto Font -
Wishing you a wonderful holiday!
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An Age Old Christmas Tradition: Making tamales in Costa Rica

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Doña Flor Arguedas, 71, has been making tamales since she was 22. That was the year she got married. Her new mother-in-law told her,...
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Thanksgiving in Costa Rica was a long time coming

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In this #TBT piece, we looked back on days of turkey scarcity.
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A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...
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Solar Panels Bring Clean Water to Costa Rica’s Nairi Awari Community

In the middle of Costa Rica's jungle, the indigenous Nairi Awari community no longer has to fetch water from the river with buckets. For...
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Central American Rattlesnake: Facts, Myths, and Its Role in Costa Rica

Today we meet Costa Rica’s rattlesnake, the Central American rattlesnake. It’s a beautiful serpent complete with potent venom, a unique warning system, and the...
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