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Coffee on the rebound

Production of arabica coffee varieties appears to recover in several producing countries like Brazil and Colombia, estimated the International Coffee Organization (ICO) in its monthly report released Thursday. The official recalled that coffee prices rose sharply in June due to...

Public schools: Expanding Curriculum, Broadening Horizons

By Ashley Steyaert Nosara- The children of all eight public schools in the Nosara area now have the means to expand their education through one of the oldest and most enriching creative outlets – Art. The Surfing Nosara Foundation (SNF) and...

Renovating the Carbon 1 School

The small school of Carbon 1 and its students and parents have partnered with generous group of women from North America called “Women Like Us” and with ATEC (the Talamancan Association of Ecotourism and Conservation) to renovate their school. Work...

July 4th, 2010— Dunghills From Diamonds?

Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve This weekend Americans are celebrating the 4th of July, the date that commemorates the birth of the United States 234 years ago. As Tea Party chauvinism metastasizes and merges with the larger cancer of the Republican...

Airport expansion to be completed in November

by VANESSA LOAIZA N. With a backlog of five years and six months compared with the original contract, the expansion and modernization of Juan Santamaría International Airport will be completed in November. The new airport operator, Aeris Holding Costa Rica, took...

Water quality at Playa Guiones for surfers, the Banda Azul and all our wet season rain

For the 6th year running, Playa Guiones has received its Blue Flag award, certifying the beach and surrounded area ecologically sound with clean safe waters. Which means for us surfers and water users alike, we have healthy waters that...

Breakthroughs in Human Evolution

Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve New findings and theories have been coming out recently regarding the clash in Europe between Neanderthals and the first fully modern humans, the Cro Magnons, tens of thousands of years ago. These findings speak of the...

Nothing is Impossible!

Nothing is Impossible reads the new hand painted sign as you enter the grounds of the Puerto Viejo Grade School. Looking around one begins to believe this phrase. More than 120 students and 15 teachers from three high schools from the...

The Observer In an Infinite Regress

Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve Is the brain capable of observing without an observer? What is the observer? What part does it play in the division, conflict, and fragmentation of the world? These are crucial questions, not only for awakening the meditative...

Sámara’s Sub-Par Police Station To Be Relocated… But Where To?

Sámara’s Chamber of Tourism (CASATUR) and Integral Development Association have joined forces and put in to motion the first plans to change the location of the Sámara Police Station. It seems that the necessity of relocating the station is...
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The Rise of Wellness Pura Vida Tourism in Costa Rica

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