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...
by Emma Tristán | Aug 31, 2025 | Articles
I was six years old when my grandfather died. My nono. I was very young, but I have some very vivid memories of him. I remember one afternoon when it was pouring rain, and I was sitting on the porch of his house. Suddenly, I decided to drink water from a stream that...
by Jurgen Ureña | Aug 31, 2025 | Articles
A few days ago, we held a basketball game between the students and professors at the university where I teach. To say we held it is just a figure of speech. Or rather, it’s something only those of us who won the game say, because, against all odds, we...
by Mariela Sáenz | Aug 19, 2025 | Articles
Juan lives in Orosi, surrounded by mountains where you can hear the murmur of the river winding through the valley. His days are spent tending to a few small plots of land and dreaming of expanding his property to produce more coffee. A neighbor wanted to sell him a...
