Making my way to Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica, I knew that I would have to make a stop to experience the Bribri culture indigenous to the region. The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica interested me as a ...

TALAMANCA, COSTA RICA — In a globalized society where people are buried in phones, computers, and tablets, the quiet calm of Costa Rica’s Yorkín River evokes a sense of simpler times. The only ...

NINE-year-old Gina Cascante watched with wide eyes as President Abel Pacheco presented Costa Rica’s Law for Responsible Paternity and the Children’s and Adolescents’ Rights Code, translated into ...

Costa Rican women teach tourists secrets of the jungle in a bid to help local communities benefit directly from ecotourism BRIBRI, Costa Rica In the lush mountains close to the Panama border that make ...

Pura Vida,” describes the essence of Costa Rica and the pride of its people. It’s a feeling, too, that visitors can discover ...

According to members of the Bribrí indigenous community in southeastern Costa Rica, each day two helicopters fly over the Talamanca Mountains in mysterious flights near the Panamanian border. No one – ...

Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of the Bribri indigenous people, was murdered at his home in the indigenous territory of Salitre in Costa Rica on the night of March 18. Rojas, who was a coordinator of the ...

BRIBRI, Costa Rica, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - To treat snake bites, bathe in a tea brewed from yellow button-shaped flowers, advises Melissa Espinoza Paez as she describes the medicinal ...

BRIBRI, Costa Rica, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - To treat snake bites, bathe in a tea brewed from yellow button-shaped flowers, advises Melissa Espinoza Paez as she describes the medicinal ...

To treat snake bites, bathe in a tea brewed from yellow button-shaped flowers, advises Melissa Espinoza Paez as she describes the medicinal properties of Costa Rica's jungle plants, pointing out ...