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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,...

Costa Rica’s elections 2018: a primer

In days of yore, Costa Rican elections were called a “fiesta electoral,” a celebration of democracy where many Costa Ricans were fiercely and visibly...

A second round, Holy Sunday and the poor electoral menu

Let’s assume it's a fact that Costa Rica will vote for its next president for the first time in our history on Easter Sunday,...
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La Carpio Shows Signs of Change After Years Marked by Poverty

Years ago the name La Carpio stood for extreme poverty, homes made of corregated metal and recycled wood, and high crime. That's all changed....

Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

Costa Rica is moving to give national force to a strategy aimed at reducing one of its most persistent threats to wildlife: electrocution on...

Costa Rica Prepares for Severe El Niño as Water, Power and Tourism Face Pressure

Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...

Costa Rica’s Humpback Whale Season Begins on the Pacific Coast

Few wildlife encounters rival the sight of a humpback whale breaching from warm tropical waters, and Costa Rica has quietly become one of the...