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Accessible travel in Costa Rica: what tourists (and travel providers
WEBWhen Derek saw Costa Rica’s first accessible beach, Jacó, he knew what to do. Immediately. He’d been waiting a long time. “He went into the sea right away, without even thinking, in his electric wheelchair,” says Stephanie Sheehy.
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HIV in Costa Rica, part 3: Miguel decides to live
WEBThis longform piece, published in four parts, was supported by the Internews Health Journalism Network.Learn more about the Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza HIV Home on their Facebook page or donate via SINPE Móvil at 8507-7676. Learn more about Dr. David Reyna’s Care with Love Foundation here. *The real names of Sofía and …
Mental health in Costa Rica: Insight
WEBA regional study published by The Lancet in October 2021 showed that Costa Rica’s rates of depression and anxiety disorders had spiked by 35.2% and 35.6% in 2020, respectively, over the numbers from 2019, compared to a global average increase of 27.6% and 25.6%. Two public universities, the State Distance University (UNED) and National
Tips 506: visiting Isla San Lucas
WEBVisiting Isla San Lucas National Park is much more than a boat ride and a visit to an old prison. Isla San Lucas has also regenerated its dry forest and become a powerful lung for the Gulf of Nicoya, where, along with other islands that can also be visited on a trip to the area, it is contributing to the environmental health of Costa Rica’s Pacific …
Tourism in indigenous communities in Costa Rica: Cabécar and …
WEBThe Cabécar people are the second most numerous in Costa Rica, according to the 2011 Census of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), after the Bribri group, which lives on both the Pacific and Caribean slopes of the Talamanca mountains. The Chorotegas are the second smallest indigenous people, after the …
When birth and death come face to face
WEBCosta Rica should remember the year 2015 with joy. That year, the country reported its lowest infant mortality of the decade. For every 1,000 births, 7.74 infants under the age of one, died. What’s more, this number falls within the range expected in developed countries for that indicator: fewer than 10 deaths per 1,000 births. […]
The woman who runs Corcovado National Park, and why she loves …
WEBA puma on a path in San Pedrillo. Courtesy of Stephanie Mory / El Colectivo 506. One morning in 2012, I was with a colleague on a review of the trails in San Pedrillo, one of the sectors of Corcovado National Park, when we …
Costa Rica’s fight against fake news
WEBIn a nutshell, Costa Rica’s fake news operations can be described at the time of this writing as increasingly pervasive, though homespun. The German political scientist Simone Bunse published a report in 2020 about the phenomenon of cyber troops—political actors with the objective of manipulating public opinion online—in Costa Rica.
Tourism in indigenous communities in Costa Rica: Maleku and …
WEBThe Maleku indigenous community has only one territory, Guatuso, and is the smallest indigenous group in Costa Rica with just over 1,400 people who identify themselves as such, according to INEC. Hiqui Morera Castro, community leader and indigenous tourism entrepreneur in Guatuso, says that 650 people at most live in the …
How to set up your food-related business in Costa Rica
WEBComplete the affiliation forms and the barcode request form. Copy of ID or legal status. Your last income tax declaration. If your business is less than a year old, then your tax registration, affidavit of assets, and a projected cash flow must be authenticated by a lawyer. A copy of your SME certification (optional).
The ever-changing border: Migration, coffee, and COVID in Costa …
WEBIn some ways, our entire December edition was an excuse to go find Máximo. There were plenty of unanswered questions that tantalized us, too, of course. Our six-part series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Costa Rica’s coffee harvest, highly dependent on migrant coffee pickers from Panama and Nicaragua, left us eager …
Crocodilians of Costa Rica: Crocodile vs Caiman
WEBMonica Quesada Cordero / El Colectivo 506. Generally speaking, this will be the best indicator to tell the two apart. American Crocodiles (left) are much larger, and can grow up to 6 meters (20 feet), and weigh in excess of 900 kilos (2000 lbs). Spectacled Caiman (right) are smaller, growing up to 2.5 meters (8 feet) and weighing in at 60 kilos
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