Andrey Amador earned himself a niche in cycling’s history books on Saturday when he claimed Costa Rica’s first ever stage win in the Giro d’Italia in a tough mountain stage, while a late surge by Ryder Hesjedal recaptured the overall lead for the Canadian. As temperatures plummeted to five degrees celsius and rain began to [...]
The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) in Costa Rica is negotiating with China to define export protocols for pineapples and melons, reported the Financial Capital. According to the Journal these products hope to have phytosanitary certification. Health protocols are created to comply with the standards set by the importing country and also to ensure regular [...]
“If your teeth have lost some of their sparkle over the years, Costa Rica Dental Team offers a variety of treatments to help restore those pearly whites. Besides whitening teeth that have become discolored due to coffee, tea and tobacco use, we can also brighten smiles that have been darkened by medicines or that are [...]
According to the World Health Organization, global obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980. For the first time in history, being overweight is killing more people than being underweight. At least 2.8 million adults around the world die each year from being overweight or obese. And yet, obesity is preventable. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver [...]
The creek is as high and voluminous as I’ve ever seen it, a frothing brown torrent racing from the mountains to the ocean. I sit on the bank above my usual sitting spot, which is completely under water. For the first time I witness how the tunnel under a large sycamore at the other end [...]
EDMONTON – An irresistible challenge presented itself when I surfed the web just before my second hip operations in December. “Conquer the volcano and help the Canadian Diabetes Association,” it read. My heart raced when I discovered that a fundraising hike up the 1,916-metre (6,286-foot) Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica was planned. [...]
The last few years have shown an increase in Costa Rican film production, with titles like “El regreso”, “El sanatorio” and “A ojos cerrados” becoming box office hits and earning warm responses from audiences and national critics alike; however, for every movie that gets its chance in the spotlight, many other Costa Rican productions go [...]
The opportunity to learn more about where we fit into the vastness of the cosmos is under threat from shortsighted decision makers who have politicized science. For much of the 20th century, governments around the world wanted to boldly go where no man had gone before. More recently, though, austerity budgets around the world and [...]
As the Bonn climate talks begin, John Vidal speaks to former president José María Figueres about Costa Rica’s journey towards sustainability Say the name Figueres in Costa Rica and it’s bound to get a reaction. José “Don Pepe” Figueres led the 1948 revolution, was president three times, nationalised the banks and gave women and black [...]
It’s a paradox, but the more things break down, the more people cling to old forms, and the greater the pressure to conform to them. As the black sheep of my family, I know how destructive the demand of conformity can be. I didn’t need a tattoo to be a non-conformist, since my non-conformity wasn’t [...]
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