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  • Alcohol, Blood and Celebration: El Juego de los Diablitos0

    The day was sunny and sweltering, the Borucan weather is exactly what I thought it would be. I am sweaty and sitting on the back of the bus. María, my coworker who joined me on this trip, is holding on for dear life to the bus pole, as it is completely full and there are at

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  • A guide to grocery shop in Costa Rica0

    Costa Rica offers plenty of options to shop for groceries throughout the country, from farmer markets “ferias del agricultor”, convenience stores “pulperías, abastecedores or mini supers” to supermarket chains. Despite the many supermarkets and grocery stores in Costa Rica, not all of them carry the same items, have the same quality or have the same

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  • No Son Will Die1

    This is not a story about the abolition of the army, rather, it is a review about some of the commentary around it. I am a curious person, and sometimes (maybe more than sometimes) I get curious about the type of thoughts people have. I wonder why people think one way or another and whether

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  • Costa Rica’s spookiest folklore0

    Costa Rican folklore has several stories of strange mythical creatures. Some of these are shared between Central America and other Spanish-speaking countries. The tales usually teach lessons, where the horrible antagonists haunt those who misbehave. La Tulevieja Her name comes after the fact that this elderly women is always wearing a distinctive hat called a

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  • The history behind Cultures Day0

    Every year on October 12th, Costa Rica commemorates Cultures Day (Día de las Culturas), with the aim of enhancing the multicultural and multi-ethnic character of the Costa Rican people. This date is important for historic reasons, since it meant a before and after for the inhabitants of America, with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in

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  • Costa Rica is an Afro-descendants country0

    Even though article 1° of Costa Rica’s Political Constitution establish it as a multi-ethnic and multicultural country, what that entails does not translate into the day-to-day reality of the people of African descent. With the aim of including a more authentic representation of the experiences of the Afro population in Costa Rica, this article includes

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