Juan Carlos Arce, a lawyer for the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights, (CENIDH), says social media sites are the most common vehicle to intimidate independent journalists during…
Information is another weapon in Nicaragua. It’s not the lack of it that’s dangerous, it’s the manipulation. The violence and unrest in Nicaragua is easy to see,…
The Tico Times has been telling Costa Rica’s stories to the world since 1956 – and in the past few months, it has returned to its roots…
There was a problem at the polls this Sunday that didn’t get coverage from the press, and that’s because the press was the problem. I was part…
It’s August 2014: I'm two months out of high school, only 18 years old, with no idea of what I want to study and what I’ll do…
Today is International Women’s Day, a day on which we call for respect for women's rights and celebrate women’s continual efforts to improve our world. At a…
Step one if you want to interview Mariana Santos? Figure out where in the world she is. And no, following her on Facebook won’t help much. As…
[caption id="attachment_93725" align="alignright" width="212"] The Tico Times[/caption] Of all the stories The Tico Times has reported in its six decades of publication, one of the most remarkable is…
We are proud to share this reflection from our former Editor and Publisher Dery Dyer, daughter of Tico Times Founder Elisabeth Dyer and Publisher Richard Dyer, as…
Costa Rica doesn’t have a freedom of information law but that hasn’t kept the country from achieving the highest rank in the Americas for press freedom, according…
