by Emma Tristán | Nov 27, 2025 | Articles
I’m standing in line at a supermarket in San José. In front of me, a woman is pushing a cart with a massive box inside: a television. When it’s her turn to pay, she smiles and says to the cashier: “It’s great that Black Friday now lasts all of November.” As she walks...
by Jurgen Ureña | Nov 13, 2025 | Articles
I walk with Fernando and Jessica through the halls of the Federated College of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica, in Curridabat. We arrive at a small central courtyard where a luminary shines, intact. It is an object that shows the refinement of another century....
by Emma Tristán | Nov 2, 2025 | Articles
I’m returning from the Irazú volcano when I see a dark-headed vulture gliding over a field. Curious about what drew it there, I pull the car over to the roadside. In the sky, other vultures trace slow circles. Through my binoculars I see that their heads aren’t black,...
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 Larissa Fernandez | Oct 16, 2025 | Articles
Some time ago I wrote a blog entitled “Making biodiversity pay: a look at new opportunities”, inspired by the COP16 talks on Biodiversity, held in October 2024. There he explored how biodiversity credits and markets could open a new door and connect...
