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A National and International CelebrationMarch 14th was the International Day of Action for RiversCosta 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...

Have you ever watched robots playing soccer or bowling? In November in Costa Rica, you can watch young talented engineers showcase their intelligent robots when for the first time the sophisticated mechanics event moves from Asia to Central America.Costa...

By TCRN StaffThe 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....

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...

By Steve DrummKim 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...

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...

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...

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...

By German CariasLike 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...

Valentine's is over and if you're reading this, you probably didn't have the best day. Maybe that date wasn't what you expected or maybe you didn't have a date at all. Either way, you wish yesterday didn't happen at...