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Beyond Brick Boxes: My Kids’ Costa Rican Education

A little over a decade ago, my wife and I were driving on a terrible dirt road in the mountains behind Playa Potrero in...

Costa Rica Christmas and New Year’s Expressions

A visit to Costa during the Christmas holidays can you tell you a lot about Costa Rican culture and people.

Search Efforts Continue for Missing Men in Costa Rica’s Tarcoles River

The ongoing search for an uncle and nephew reported missing while kayaking on the Tarcoles River, in Escobal de Atenas, Alajuela, has taken a...

Microclimates Make Costa Rica A Miniature Natural Marvel

I was talking with a tourist from Colombia. He said that Costa Rica was beautiful and wild and contained astounding naturaleza, but that Colombia...

Costa Rica Wildlife – Meet the Central American Lyre Snake

Which medium-sized to large snake has a slightly compressed body, large eyes with vertically elliptical pupils, and loves to show up in my backyard?...

Camera Trap Notebook – Lost in the Costa Rica Jungle

There are a few things that are in the front of my mind when I hop out of the truck and start walking into...
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A Barrio’s Pride: Keylor Navas’ Humble Beginnings

I live in a typical Costa Rican barrio. I define a barrio here in much the same way I define a village. Is there...

El Salvador’s “War” on Gangs Successful, Minister Claims

The "parallel state" created by the gangs in El Salvador was destroyed with the "war" of President Nayib Bukele, but the state of exception...

Costa Rica’s Businesses Blame Central Bank for Job Losses

Costa Rica's productive sector blames the closing of companies and loss of jobs on the Central Bank (BCCR). Thirteen private sector groups and chambers...