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Internal keys: A Telaraña about cannabis

Life is generous. When we least expect it, it leads us to new discoveries. It opens doors for us. It takes us along paths that, like branches, diverge into leaves and flowers. Sometimes we arrive at a special flower. This time I reached a flower that, when known and...

Crocodile tears

On October 10, during his most recent press conference, our president, Rodrigo Chaves, revealed a predictable gastronomic secret: he has eaten lizard and crocodile meat. Obviously, he clarified, that he did not do it in Costa Rica because it is forbidden. He comments...

The noise and fury

In ancient Greece there was a term, parresia, which implied freedom of speech and the obligation to speak truthfully, for the benefit of the common good and even at the risk of one’s own life. This expression meant, etymologically, “to say everything”, “to speak...

Professional stirrers

Exactly one hundred years ago, in 1924, Joseph Goebbles joined the German Nazi party and began to implement effective and sophisticated propaganda for the purpose of bringing Adolf Hitler to power. Goebbles used every means of communication at his disposal, including...

Forgotten refuges

I’m barely turning 40, but my generation still had the opportunity to play in the streets. I grew up on a cul-de-sac street, where the mussels were epic. In the neighborhood there were about ten very enthusiastic friends and we weren’t too bad at soccer....