Costa Rica is the hub of commerce for many foreign visitors from all over. The country usually receives tourists from the United States, Canada, the UK and other English speaking countries. When they come, most of them have a...
STEM careers, or those involving Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, have traditionally been dominated by men in the past. But due to the efforts of several organizations and educational institutions, the rate of women pursuing these jobs has risen...
If you ever visit the Ticos’ country, you can’t fail to drop by the different churches in Costa Rica. No matter the season of the year or if it is Easter season, going to one of these architectonic monuments...
A painting in food: the rice is the texture, the beans the pigment. The softer the bean, the stronger the color. Like a brush on canvas, the beans color the rice, a mix of endless black and white of...
Learning Spanish in Costa Rica is EASY and affordable!
For a number of different reasons, language researchers have estimated that English is the most widely-spoken language in the world. With over one and a half (1.5) billion speakers, this number...
Alejandra Oraa is the journalist for CNN en Español who will be in charge of the new season of Destinations, the travel and tourism section of the international news chain. The Venezuelan, who since last week has toured different...
Women have an important role in a producing company like APPTA. This fact, for one, doesn’t affect the participation of men who take part in both the production and decision-making process. This has broken paradigms in the population. “When...
Casado or typical food is the most common dish in Costa Rica. It consists of beans, rice with finely diced red peppers and onions, fried bananas, a cabbage salad with tomatoes and carrots, and a choice of meat between...
Three decades ago, for the first time, a woman managed to join a concert band and ran into adverse circumstances; From the official who did not want to receive her documents because "in bands, there are only men"; As...
A National and International Celebration
March 14th was the International Day of Action for Rivers
Costa Rica is commemorating the International Day of Action for Rivers by celebrating the fact that eight dam projects in the southern region have been filed in...
