The World Rafting Championship begins tomorrow in Turrialba, Costa Rica, where teams from 35 countries are already busy preparing to compete against one another in a variety of races. Both male and female competitors will challenge each other, not to...
For at least 100,000 years, since modern man first emerged from Africa, humans have been as we are—tribal, self-centered, and dominated by the separative capabilities of ‘higher thought.’
Now, as the fragmentation of the earth and humanity by the unwise...
For people considering retiring to Costa Rica on Social Security income or an otherwise limited budget, one big factor in allocating your money is the cost of food, which is more complicated here than one might expect. For all...
A reader asks, “Can the people who have a natural talent to quiet their thoughts and clean their mind, not by effort and struggling, but only through insight, point the way for others?”
I feel they can, or I wouldn’t...
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA
Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper ... The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ')...
I was never much for Disneyland, and my least favorite theme park in the all-American franchise was Fantasyland. But America’s next election is shaping up to be Fantasyland vs. Obamaville. In other words, do you prefer delusion or illusion?
The...
Ortega seduces in Nicaragua with its capitalist socialism
President has Socialist discourse and excellent relationship with the private sector
Tacit agreement: entrepreneurs deal with business, Ortega governs
Managua. An afternoon on the mountainous city of Matagalpa. In a dusty square of this...
The question of enlightenment is so fraught with projection and tradition that it is almost impossible to use the word without getting caught in the web of interpretation. To some degree, the question boils down to the difference between...
The rap on the Palestinians has been that “they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” But after badly playing America and Israel’s game for decades, they may finally be wising up by ‘going global’ and putting their...
Obras del Espíritu Santo is Working to Prevent Children from Entering Life of Crime
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Raúl, 12, is homeless.
He doesn’t know why his parents are incarcerated.
His brother, Jeffrey, 15, is a drug dealer.
But Raúl doesn’t want...
