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Nostalgia, territories and forgetting
In 2009, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed more than 90% of the infrastructure of the town of Cinchona, in Alajuela. The government then created a commission that led a project to resettle the...
Disposable and Inheritable Clothing
It is increasingly common for us, as final consumers, to disconnect ourselves from the production of the goods we use on a daily basis. In general, there is little awareness in our society about how...
The Cross of Crucitas
This week concluded the international litigation between Infinito Gold and Costa Rica around the Crucitas mine. This means that Costa Rica will no longer have to pay Infinito Gold $400 million in...
Brain and language
Language could be defined as the ability of human beings to communicate and think. It is a daily function that we apply without much effort, without stopping to analyze how the brain works and what...
Allergies and climate change
In recent times, climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges for the global community and has impacted both human health and other aspects of life on Earth. One of the...
A poisoned apple
We are all familiar with Snow White's poisoned apple and usually interpret that tale as a story for children. However, contemporary adult life is not too far from episodes like this one. And no,...
Bugmicide
May is synonymous with bumblebees. Or it was about four decades ago, when they would suddenly appear flying with the first rains of the year, hitting windows, light bulbs and walls, pets,...
Superheroes or martyrs?
September of this year will mark another anniversary of the famous photograph of the superheroes of the heights. I'm not referring to The Justice League, but to the eleven workers in the iconic...
Boeing: nosedive
Last May 9, at Dakar International Airport in Senegal, 10 people were injured after a plane skidded off the runway as it was about to take off. Just four days earlier, at Kinshasa N'djili...
Artificial intelligence considerations
In June 2022, Swedish fintech Klarna laid off 700 employees, representing 10% of its workforce, in a mass video. After a reorganization, today Klarna is one of the largest banks in Europe, offering...
Change of course and public cost
By Emma Tristan & German Lleras José Rafael has always lived in Alajuelita. In his happiest memory he is on the lap of his grandfather, who drives one of the buses that were brought in the 60's....
Towards a taxonomy of sustainable finance in Costa Rica
During the month of May, Costa Rica will submit its first taxonomy of sustainable finance to public consultation. Why did this taxonomy arise? What advantages will it bring to the Costa Rican...