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...
by Antony Torres | Sep 22, 2025 | Articles
A few months ago, I traveled for more than five hours from Cartago to Guanacaste to attend a workshop on green hydrogen—a promising energy vector ideal for decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors, such as heavy transport or certain industries. It might seem like an...
by Emma Tristán | Sep 21, 2025 | Articles
One afternoon in December 2018 we met the greys. We had traveled to New Mexico with Jennifer and Juan Jose, taking advantage of the fact that they go every year to celebrate their wedding anniversary. After visiting the Sanctuary of Chimayó, a well-known pilgrimage...
