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Sleepwalkers

During the last decades, Costa Ricans have lived, or perhaps we should say that we have suffered,  a kind of green fantasy  that is based on our image as a conservationist country and committed to the environment. That fantasy has made everything around us the color...
Sweep the hidden dirt

Sweep the hidden dirt

The leader of the newspaper La Nación of June 11, states that, in the face of the implementation of the European Green Deal, Costa Rica’s agroindustrial producers will have to make some adjustments.  Green adjustments.  These include the use of recyclable...
David versus Goliat

David versus Goliat

On September 23, 2022, Roger Federer’s tennis career came to an end. On that day, Federer said goodbye to the sports world in a double match with his greatest rival: Rafael Nadal. Federer and Nadal faced each other professionally on more than 40 occasions,...
The domino effect

The domino effect

In a world that is increasingly interconnected and affected by climate change and habitat loss, it is more crucial than ever to talk about biodiversity: the living fabric of our planet and the sum of all life forms that inhabit it. It is not just about admiring the...
Artificial Imagination

Artificial Imagination

In 1956 John McCarthy first used the term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI), referring to the skill of making intelligent machines. Over the years and technological advances have allowed data analysis through software specialized in solving different...
Marzipan and pumice

Marzipan and pumice

Yesterday our trip to Guatemala ended. It is difficult to summarise the experiences produced by the trip in a few lines, so I will do it through a childhood memory. When we were little, Nana, my maternal grandmother, would bring us marzipans from El Salvador shaped...