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My Dubious Distinction

In its 50 years, The Tico Times has never published a worse picture than the shot I took of Lake Managua. Readers who opened...

The Times They Were A-Changing in C.R.

When The Tico Times resumed publication on Feb. 4, 1972 after a 12-year hiatus, its mission was the same, but its scope was suddenly...

I Voted Booze and Missed the Super Bowl

Costa Ricans just saw the back of one of their occasional dry periods. I might be talking about the weather but for the meteorological reports...

“Little Summer” Reaches its End

EVERY year at about this time, theskies clear, the winds pick up and acountry that is two months into the rainyseason, considered winter, has...

Is Guanacaste Drying Up? How Should Guanacaste Divide Its Water?

RICE paddies, golf courses and wetlands – thedemands on Guanacaste’s water sources are plentiful andthey are vast, covering thousands of hectares on what isvisibly...

Costa Rica Dry-Season Gardening Tips

Every year the Pacific slope and Central Valley of Costa Rica face four months of dry, hot weather, practically without rainfall. A blazing tropical...

International GMO Opponents Share Experiences

COSTA Rica boasts more than 10,000different plant species.An area of Argentina three times thesize of Costa Rica boasts one: geneticallymodified soy.This reality is changing...

Nicaragua’s Coffee Crisis Worsens Extreme Poverty — World Bank Report Released

MANAGUA – Despite years ofdrought, the onset of a coffee crisis and thedevastation of Hurricane Mitch, overallpoverty in Nicaragua fell from 50.3% in1993 to...

Conference Focuses on Farming Technology

SCIENCE and technology are the keys to feeding the world’s hungry, the region’s agricultural leaders determined at a conference near San José earlier this...

Water Tribunal Reviews Cases from Region

A panel of experts from around Central America, Cuba, Colombia and Uruguay were in San José this week to review cases brought to the...

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Costa Rica’s Water Infrastructure Fails to Meet Community Needs

Residents of several communities in Alajuelita and Tibas who have been affected by the lack of water in recent months raised their voices to...

Constitutional Court Upholds Cocos Island National Park Expansion

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) annouced the Constitutional Court rejected the action filed by...

Expat Living: Our Many Houses in Costa Rica

As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on...

Chaves Suggests “Lobbying” Behind Norway’s Refusal to Help

President Rodrigo Chaves insinuated that Norway was influenced by "lobbying" in rejecting Costa Rica's request for cooperation to calculate the value of alleged natural...

Firefighters Battle Blaze in Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge

Since last Sunday, forest fire departments of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area have been dealing with a forest fire in the sector of...
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