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Film Review: Tron: Legacy

Sam realizes he's the only one who can restore things to their normal state, so he builds himself a team in order to escape the virtual world while fixing his Shakespearean papa problems and looking nice in neon accessories.

Egypt: The Global Context

What is the meaning of this revolution for developing and developed countries alike? Have national governments and international institutions become secondary to organized social media? Finally, how is the UN, with its vast apparatus, going to respond to these developments?

Gradual Transition is an Illusion, and Lie

After a fortnight of shilly shallying over the Egyptian crisis, the Obama Administration, having obtained the backing of the feckless Europeans, has come down firmly on the side of “gradual transition.” In other words, Mubarak and his minions will...

Yosemite of the Mind

I drive through town to the semi-wilderness area just beyond this small city. Though a Friday with spring-like temperatures, college kids haven’t yet begun to stream into the townspeople’s sanctuary, a weekend playground for many of the students. It hasn’t...

The Fall of the American-Arab Wall

A young Egyptian, his face covered in blood from the blows of security police batons in Mubarak’s police state

Puerto Viejo Cabbies Block Roads

Taxi drivers in Puerto Viejo took action against poor road conditions. Tuesday, February 1, dozens of cabbies blocked all routes into and out of town.

Cleaning Ballena National Park: Vicinos Naccion Group

A volunteer group, the Vicinos Naccion, has created and implemented a beach cleaning and protection education group for the three beaches of Ballena National Park: Playa Uvita, Playa Colonia, and Playa Pinuelas ecosystems.

Can Meditation Change the Human Heart?

It’s Saturday when people have more time to read. A puff piece with a serious title in the New York Times is the most popular article in America’s leading newspaper today. Its title? “How Meditation May Change the Brain.” It’s...

AM Costa Rica biting the hands that feed them

By Rodgers Bestgen, Atenas. I find it hard to fathom how a high volume readership publication like AM Costa Rica could be so irresponsible reporting on the world terrorism situation and its possible effect on Costa Rica; See “World terrorism...

Bilingual school on the Southern Nicoya Peninsula prepares for its best year yet

The school is a not for profit project, serving Kinder-12th grade, which according to its website has a mission to, “create a bilingual educational setting…where students learn, explore, and grow with respect and attention to the environment, diversity and social aspects that exist around us.”
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Costa Rica Launches Major Tourism Campaign in Paris with 830 Billboards

PARIS — Costa Rica is doubling down on its efforts to attract European travelers, launching a high-impact advertising campaign...