The dark side of Nicaragua
We fell into the trap of believing that Nicaragua was doing well.
Children in cages: this feels like defeat
All we can expect from the United States is a confirmation of receipt.
Costa Rica’s guilty voters
One Costa Rican voter's shame at betraying her party roots.
President ‘Carlitos’ and Costa Rica’s generational shift
He's young enough to understand the digital generation, but young enough that maybe he's even lived outside of a condominium.
Goodbye, Fabricio!
The PRN campaign was crumbling with each passing day, while on the other side things looked more boring, less spectacular, but more balanced.
In Costa Rica, friends didn’t fight over politics; those days are gone
We’re a more unequal society, grumpier, more distrustful.
La campaña en que Costa Rica ignoró su realidad
Ya sabemos que nuestro Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) llama a un voto racional, inteligente, bien informado y eso está muy bien como pretensión,...
Costa Rica has earthly problems, but this election season ended over the rainbow
We all know that our Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) is calling for a rational, intelligent, well informed vote – and that’s all well and...
How Juan Diego Castro is turning Costa Rica upside down
The evolution of an unprecedented candidate in 10 paragraphs.
January’s here and the gloves are off: Costa Rica’s true campaign begins
The electoral “truce” is over, but it wasn’t much of a truce, for two reasons. First, before the mandatory ad-free period began over Christmas,...
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Costa Rica Expat Living: Getting Back Confiscated License Plates
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One of the major purposes of my columns on relocating to Costa Rica is to prepare future expats for Costa Rica’s idiosyncrasies and cultural...
Birding in Costa Rica: 5 More Common Birds of San José
Following up on an earlier post, here I take a look at five more birds that are common in the trees, telephone wires, rooftops, and...
Costa Rica Starts Plan to Protect Wildlife Against Electrocutions
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) signed a memorandum to launch a plan to protect wildlife...
