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Knowledge, Truth, and Growth

Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge, especially with reference to its limits and validity, is called epistemology. Ironically, such specialization is at the heart of the problem of philosophy in the modern...

Report on Recycling in the South Caribbean

Report on Recycling in the South Caribbean The Association Biological Corridor of Talamanca and the Caribbean (ACBTC) has joined with the Recycling Association of the Caribbean (ReciCaribe) to form an alliance to deal with recycling and solid waste in Talamanca.

The Urgency of Psychological Revolution

Featured Columnist – Meditations Martin LeFerve The foundational philosophical investigation to which I devoted my youth flowed from this question: Why are humans generating increasing disorder and chaos, when we evolved along with all other life, and life moves in dynamic order...

Tradicional Costa Rican Painting Courses In Nosara

“My dream is to begin an art movement” says artist Fernando Matamoros By Deborah Brackman Nosara- During the month of August Fernando Matamoros, a well-known professional artist, will teach a course in Tradicinal Costa Rican painting. The course will be held...

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...

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...
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 San José Municipality Cancels Zapote Fair Tender: Are Year-End Festivities at Risk?

The iconic year-end celebrations in San José, Costa Rica, face mounting uncertainty after the local government officially declared the...