Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevre
What would you do if you knew something bad was going to happen, but something far worse could be prevented if you acted now? That is precisely the case with the referendum on January 9th...
TCRN Contributor: Jodie Upchurch
The National Liberation Party (PLN) won 58 of 80 votes in the elections yesterday, which represented 72% of the cantons in Costa Rica. This is reflected in data released by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) at...
Note from TCRN editor: The following video and email were sent to us by a man alleging that his friend was the victim of a violent crime and that the two of them are now fearful for their lives...
TCRN STAFF: San Jose, Costa Rica – More police with special training are being sent to the disputed area on the border where Nicaraguan soldiers have set up a post, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Wednesday.
Ironically, Chinchilla's made...
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevre
One of the main proponents of mindfulness meditation is Jon Kabat-Zinn. He’s the founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr....
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevre
On a gloriously beautiful day Thursday, Thanksgiving Day in the United States, one could almost see the outlines of a new way of thinking and approach to life, as families and friends gathered to share...
Submitted by: Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Rice
Escazu, San Jose, Costa Rica
St. Mary’s School Guachipelín, Escazú- San Jose, C.R., Says “NO” to FAILING 1st Grader who wishes to attend their school!
We have just been informed our first grader will be...
TCRN Regional Correspondent: Katrina Palmer
Imagine yourself soaking up the sun on a stunning white sand beach, surrounded by luscious green rainforest that in some spots sneaks out to the edges of the surf. Encompassed by this beauty, the dazzling...
In light of Ortega’s true mission of a totalitarian government, the San Juan river dispute seems like a minor issue in comparison. If Ortega is allowed to achieve his goals, it will have long lasting and dangerous effects for rest of the Central American countries.
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevre
As Buddhism has proliferated in America and the West, the notion of sangha has gone along with it. In this town of about 100,000 in northern California, there are seven sanghas I know of, most...
