by Emma Tristán | Feb 25, 2025 | Articles
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 also president of AC Milan, owner of a television media empire...
by Pablo Fernández | Feb 24, 2025 | Articles
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 visitors arriving from across the province and even from other...
by Emma Tristán | Feb 18, 2025 | Articles
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 those at the busstop”, sell drugs and, even if it was only...
by Carlos Barquero | Jan 28, 2025 | Articles
Last Tuesday, January 21, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Assembly passed favorably the 4×3 exceptional workdays bill, known as 12-hour workdays, and sent it to the plenary to continue its course. Almost immediately afterwards, the Presidential...
by Melany Diaz | Jan 23, 2025 | Articles
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 population and relies on two landfills: the Uruka Environmental...
by Mariela Sáenz | Jan 20, 2025 | Articles
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 us that more than 600 thousand students were starting school in 1996....
