by Jurgen Ureña | Oct 28, 2025 | Articles
My mom arrived early, as always. Dressed in black, she walked through the doors of the funeral home, searched around but found no one she knew. Don Enrique, a very dear co-worker who worked as a mechanic, had died, and grief was rising in his throat. He sat among...
by Emma Tristán | Oct 26, 2025 | Articles
I sit in front of my computer, ready to write. I have decided to travel to Uvita, in the South Pacific, without packing suitcases, hat or sunscreen. I close my eyes and let the memories of a trip I took a few years ago with the family settle in, when we walked on the...
by Emma Tristán | Oct 12, 2025 | Articles
After a walk along the beach, we went back to the hotel. Our feet were covered by a thin dark layer, black as engine grease. We took off our flip-flops; we opened the tap to the maximum and rubbed with our hands: nothing. The stain persisted, especially between the...
by Emma Tristán | Sep 30, 2025 | Articles
Our General Director, Emma Tristán, recently contributed with an article in The Business Year, a leading global media group recognized for its in-depth economic analysis and high-level insights across more than 30 markets. In her article, Emma explores commercial...
by Jurgen Ureña | Sep 28, 2025 | Articles
I remember the red bridge in Parque Chino. I remember it because, during my childhood, I climbed his hunchbacked back like someone climbing a mountain. Also, because it appears in a photograph that my mother took in 1976. In that photo, my dad rests his right leg on...
by Natalia Benavides | Sep 24, 2025 | Articles
On August 2, 2025, Costa Rica’s environmental movement was shaken by an unprecedented case: an environmental activist, known for walking the forests and his social criticism, woke up to find his bank accounts frozen. Juan Bautista Alfaro, “Juamba Caminando,” had...
