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Man Pleads to Laura Chinchilla to Stop Alleged Violent Predator
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...
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More Costa Rica Special Trained Police to Move to Disputed Border Area
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...
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Mindfulness Is Meditation
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevreOne 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....
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The Collapse of the American Model
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevreOn 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...
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School in Costa Rica Says “NO” to FAILING 1st Grader
Submitted by: Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Rice
Escazu, San Jose, Costa RicaSt. 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...
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A Closer Look at Nicaragua and Ortega
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.
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Sangha and Spiritual Friendship
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Martin LeFevreAs 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...
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Daniel Ortega, Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Unholy Alliance
TCRN STAFF: Mr. Opinion.Nicaragua
Nicaragua continues it's attempts to annex a piece of Costa Rica. Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is setting himself up as a puppet Hugo Chávez by running, unconstitutionally, for another term. Both of these dictators are friends and...
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Freedom and the Dark Current of Destiny
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevreAutumn is at its peak and premium in northern California’s Central Valley. The yellows, oranges, and golds are resplendent in the parkland on a brilliant day, while the temperature is still mild enough for shirtsleeves.Two...
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The Lingering Echo of Rousseau
Featured Columnist - Meditations
Martin LeFevreJean-Jacques Rousseau, despite or because of our cynical age, retains a powerful hold on the post-modern mind. Nowhere is that fact more apparent than with Western notions of indigenous people and their relevance for the...
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Director of Costa Rican Film Nominated for the Goya Awards: “It Is a Space for Recognition and Liberation from Machismo”
This film director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss woke up this past Wednesday with the news that her Costa Rican film...