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This Weekend at Developing Latin America 2013 Apps Challenge (Part I)
Photo from Desarrollando América Latina Facebook page. This past weekend has been very productive for the Developing Latin America (#DAL2013) Apps Challenge; there was movement in person and on social...
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PHOTOS: Humans of Latin America
“She laughed, laughed and laughed while she waited for inter-provincial transportation. Tiraque, Cochabamba”.Photo by Mijhail Calle for Humans of Bolivia, used with permission. Inspired by photographer...
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“We Are More Alive Than Ever:” Coral Herrera and the Struggle for Gender...
Coral Herrera's “Diverse Weddings and Queer Love” book cover This post is part of our series on gender and sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with NACLA (North American...
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Online Platform ‘Ojo al Voto’ Seeks to Lure Young Costa Rican Voters
“Politics in your language!” Image from the Ojo al voto Facebook page. The interactive platform Ojo al voto [es] wants to provide young voters with useful and straightforward information about the...
View ArticleFrom Barcelona to Madrid for the Love of a Candidate
Blogger Denise Duncan makes a confession [es] on her blog: ¿Por qué voy a viajar 1400 kilómetros para votar por Luis Guillermo Solís? ¿Por qué ir y volver de Barcelona a Madrid en 24 horas? ¡Pero es un...
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Costa Rica's Presidential Election Is an Unexpectedly Tight Race
Vote, placing an X in the box next to your choice. Photo by Ingmar Zahorsky on Flickr, under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [Links are to Spanish-language pages except where noted.] Costa...
View ArticleCosta Ricans Go to the Polls to Elect a New President
Glenda Umaña, a Costa Rican journalist who is covering today's presidential elections, comments on Facebook [es] and Twitter: Ya me encontré en padrón electoral. Se me salen las lágrimas de la emoción...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Costa Ricans in the Diaspora Vote for the First Time
For the first time Costa Ricans living abroad are allowed to vote in a presidential election. From around the world, Costa Ricans have been using Twitter to report about their vote. Esta vez los ticos...
View ArticleEl Salvador and Costa Rica to Hold Runoff Elections
El Salvador and Costa Rica held presidential elections yesterday, February 2, but both countries will define their president in a runoff vote. In El Salvador, “results show Salvador Sanchez Ceren...
View Article‘Costa Ricans Are Fed Up’
A myriad of articles about the recent Costa Rican elections have proclaimed the country’s “turn to the left.” Perhaps some do this because it is simply too convenient to whip up an article or op-ed...
View ArticleCosta Rica: “God Bless your X”
On Sunday, April 6 2014, Costa Rica held the run-off to elect a new president [es]. After governing party's candidate Johnny Araya retired his campaign, the whole process lost intensity, and...
View ArticleCosta Rica: Ongoing Teacher Strike
On Tuesday, May 13, the teacher strike in Costa Rica had been going on for 13 days, and President Luis Guillermo Solís called educators’ [es] attention asking them to get back to their classrooms and...
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Hackers Are on the Money Trail
[Links are to Spanish-language pages except where noted otherwise.] This is not about hackers making millions of dollars, although that would not be a bad thing. No, it is about a recent initiative by...
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Costa Rica's Pre-Columbian Stone Spheres Declared World Heritage
Pre Columbian spheres, image on Flickr by user Anita363. CC BY-NC 2.0. Four archaeological sites with pre-Columbian stone spheres located in the canton of Osa, Puntarenas, in Costa Rica were included...
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Costa Rica Rejoices as National Team Advances to World Cup Quarterfinals in...
Costa Rican fans celebrate at Tamarindo beach after the national team defeated the Greek team during 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Image by Thornton Cohen. Copyright Demotix (June 29, 2014). Costa...
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