The answer to that may just be yes, as the latest Unimar poll data shows that Laura Chinchilla, the PLN (or Liberacionista) candidate is showing a strong lead over her closest competitors in the days leading to the election on February 7th, this Sunday. To be declared the winner, Chinchilla would need to muster at […]
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Lately we have been engaged in a project with the indigenous of Costa Rica. We are creating a web site that features indigenous arts and crafts and in the process of creating it we are visiting and shooting video of five tribes known for their art. Last week we visited Guaitil, where the tradition of […]
“Costa Rica” I can remember when that name carried an exotic and mysterious appeal. Where is that place exactly? Isn’t it DANGEROUS down there? I mean, do they have roads? Can you drink the water? Well, all that has changed in large part now as Costa Rica has become a new house-hold word in the […]
I have written before about my view that “American-style” consumerism is at the root of many problems the world faces. Often I have contrasted that with what prevails here in Costa Rica, which, comparatively speaking, is a low consumption society…although the influx of gringos the last few years threatens to change all that. Now granted, […]
From my experience it seems that as soon as you feel satisfied with the status quo, that things seem to be “running on all cylinders,” suddenly and unexpectedly weird things begin to happen. It seems at times that these random events derive from forces that are conspiring against you. Investing in the stock market is […]
You probably don’t know this, but Costa Rica is on the verge of electing its next President. One of the candidates, Luis Fishman, who entered the race to replace Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, who was convicted in a corruption scandal and is now under house arrest, has adopted a campaign slogan of “menos malo,” which […]
Yesterday I spent the day at the Maleku Indigenous Reserve in Guatuso. My guide for this adventure was a Maleku Indian with the Spanish name of Elias Elizondo Castro, but whose Maleku name is Jaquima, which means lover of nature. And Jaquima really did love nature. He took me on a walk through a nature […]
I can remember on one of my first trips to Costa Rica, back in October of 2001, I believe, when the owner of the university I was working for paid for me and my assistant to take a trip over to the Caribbean side. I wanted to do a little surfing and they chose for […]
I have written often and quite fondly, generally, in this blog about the culture of Costa Rica. However, there is a rich and diverse culture that to my shame I have neglected to mention, until now. It is often said, and even taught in schools here, that when the Spanish arrived, the so-called “conquistadors,” they […]
Everyone seems to be making hay of the recent New York Times piece about Costa Ricans being the world’s happiest people. How can that be…they are third worlders, you might be thinking. They are weak, defenseless, and lack the technological sophistication and material wealth of many other nations and peoples. Well, as the article alludes, the […]
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