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Pretty in Pink: Roble de Sabana

Common Name: Pink trumpet tree Spanish Name: Roble de sabana Latin Name: Tabebuia rosea Family: Bignoniaceae Geo-distribution: A native tree of Mesoamerica and the national tree...

Limón’s Cariari Park To Receive Facelift

Officials this week announced a $3.5 million plan to remodel Cariari Park, near the Caribbean port city of Limón, to highlight the region’s natural...

Scientists Develop Plan to Protect Costa Rican Jaguars

A map of Costa Rica’s jaguar populations reads like a dartboard after an assault by drunken bar patrons. Here and there, population centers are scattered...

Around the World with Sculptor Edgar Zúñiga

Art serves many purposes: to beautify, to commemorate, to make a statement, to communicate. Costa Rica’s Edgar Zúñiga accomplishes it all, and his work...

New San José Walking Tour Reveals Capital City’s Secret Places

When Belkis Cortés, tireless promoter of the new Tico Walks, approached me with an offer to tag along on one of its two-hour walking...

Fire Rekindles Safety Concerns

The flames have subsided, but questions about the fire that incinerated an Alajuela chemical plant last week are still raging, as concerned residents and...

Biologist Leads Community Education Project to Help Beach Residents Protect Turtles

PLAYA JUNQUILLAL, Guanacaste – Emanuel and Mainor moved like ghost crabs along Junquillal’s starlit beach, swerving effortlessly with the ebb and flow of high...

Liquor Factory Political Since Beginnings

Spanish colonial authorities used to fill their coffers with cash they made selling liquor, tobacco and gunpowder. After Central America gained its independence from...

Why Costa Rica Towns Need Zoning Plans to Control Tourism Growth

Anyone living or doing business in Costa Rica – particularly in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, where skyrocketing construction has become a way of...

Poet Releases Utterly Powerful Collection

Poet Shirley Campbell said she considers herself to be utterly black. In fact, during the release of her poetry book, “Rotundamente Negra” (“Utterly Black”),...

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US Denies Military Base Plans in Panama Amid Public Outcry

An agreement signed by the United States and Panama a month ago does not allow for the installation of U.S. military bases in the...

Trump congratulates Pope León XIV, a “great honor” for the US

President Donald Trump congratulated León XIV, the first pope from the United States, in a message on his Truth Social network on Thursday. “Congratulations...

Historic Election of First American Pope: Cardinal Robert Prevost Becomes Leo XIV

In a groundbreaking moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born prelate, was elected as the first pope from the United...

35 Years of Change: An Expat’s Nostalgic Look at Costa Rica’s Past

A relative newcomer to Costa Rica recently asked me what changes I had witnessed over the past 35 years of living here. I said...

Costa Rica Orders Halt to Illegal Building in Protected Forest

The Osa Environmental Prosecutor’s Office has received a court order to stop a residential construction project in the Paso la Danta Biological Corridor in...
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