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Multicolored squawk: A Telaraña about toucans
In January 1854, after a three-month journey from Germany to San Juan del Norte, in Nicaragua, naturalist Carl Hoffman was about to arrive to Costa Rican. The greatest adventure of his life was...
Will women save the planet?
In the 1960s, Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring (1962): one of the most influential works on environmental protection ever written. Her message went viral, long before that concept became popular....
I’m bad, so what? A “Telaraña” on hate speech
It all started with Silvio Berlusconi. Despite being accused of tax evasion, abuse of power, money laundering and rape of minors, Berlusconi was elected three times as Italy's prime minister. He was...
Kamikazes
About 25 years ago, the festivities in my town, 'Churuca', were among the most outstanding in Cartago. They were renowned for their family atmosphere and the quality of their gastronomy, with...
The Color of Hope
From prison, Otto recalls how not wearing his uniform fully marked the beginning of his distance from school and his approach to crime. He felt stupid, ridiculed and preferred to "hang out with...
Working to exhaustion
Last Tuesday, January 21, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Assembly passed favorably the 4x3 exceptional workdays bill, known as 12-hour workdays, and sent it to the plenary to...
Waste Management Crisis in Costa Rica’s Greater Metropolitan Area
In October 2024, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health raised alarms about the accelerated decreasing lifespan of landfills in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The GAM is home to half of the country’s...
When going to school is dangerous
Almost 30 years ago, on national television, a heartwarming commercial was aired: chicks were getting off a bus and vehicles were stopping at a crosswalk to make way for them. The narrator reminded...
Other meditations
In recent weeks, two Hollywood films that share certain ideas and interests have been shown in theaters around the world. They are the feature films Megalopolis and Gladiator II, directed by Francis...
Feel the river
Many of us will remember, as if it were yesterday, the pungent smell that invaded the air during the dry season. It was the smell of decaying coffee pulp, emanating from polluted rivers. The wind...
I consume, therefore I am
On the eve of next Black Friday, and less than a month before Christmas, who dares to stay at home when everything is half price? Why miss a unique opportunity to buy something new? This Friday the...
The fourth estate: plasma, the solution to waste crisis?
Although still little known to many, plasma is the state of matter that is most present in the universe. It was first identified by Sir William Crookes in 1879, was named by Irving Langmuir in 1920...