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Building With Bamboo Can Reverse CO2 Emissions

By TCRN Staff The Costa Rican-based green business, Materials Ambientales Ecológicos, recently opened a facility that treats bamboo for use in sustainable construction. The mill specializes in fortifying bamboo with a biopolymer treatment to produce a versatile, durable and affordable building material with many ecological benefits....

Aliens or Atlantis? Who Made Costa Rica’s Stone Spheres?

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is renowned for its biodiversity and hundreds of kilometers of untouched beaches, but it's also home to one of the biggest archaeological mysteries of our time: the Costa Rica Diquis stone spheres. The...

Kim Jong-un’s Half Brother Assassinated

By Steve Drumm Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was attacked by two unidentified women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia two weeks ago, on Monday, February 13. They stabbed him with needles containing poison before fleeing...

Electrical Companies Push for Environmental Friendly Cars

When the Ford Motor Company first started, the transportation world never saw anything like it. People traveled in carriages pulled by horses and engine development was just beginning. Henry Ford took the bull by the horns and seized an...

Live From Envision: Random Rab, Electronic Groove Master

By Zahrah Sita Guest Contributor Ready to transform? The annual Envision Festival is about to begin! The spiritually oriented event focused on the arts, music, permaculture, community, and health begins Thursday and lasts all weekend. Held every year for the past six years...

Costa Rica Means Prosperity in Central America

Sometimes when we look at rankings we only care the position our country is in. Many times the list doesn't mean much by itself, people just judge if making the list as good or bad. Over-simplifying things takes the actual...

Which Side is Costa Rica on? Peasants or Big Business?

Little was known about these lands and their peasant occupants, but then the press started to report on evictions and protests by residents of these remote lands across the Térraba river bridge in southern Costa Rica. Why do a small group...

Just How Popular Is Trump’s Agenda, Anyway?

By German Carias Like virtually all of his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump has an ambitious policy agenda. And also like virtually all of his predecessors, Trump wants to at least get the ball rolling on the bulk of his policy...

La Paz Waterfalls, a Wild Throwback

La Paz Waterfalls is a park on the outskirts of Costa Rica's capital. It offers the nation's best natural gifts, this rainforest has hundreds of species and beautiful waterfalls to remember. 3.5 kilometers of hiking trails that include every last detail...

Americans Prefer Costa Rica’s Universities Over Japan’s and Australia’s

You know a country is doing things right when people go studying there. That means that they covered their main necessities and works in making education better. When a place does well only in tourism, that doesn't speak well...
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Modern Tourist Pier Begins Operations on San Lucas Island to Improve the Visitor Experience

Isla San Lucas National Park is one of the most attractive, emblematic, and historic tourist destinations in Costa Rica—a...