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We can address the elephant in the room first, this is a very controversial holiday but at the same time we can celebrate our cultural diversity and roots, and acknowledge that Christopher Columbus came to the continent many centuries ago. Several countries have also revamped the

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Today is International Translation Day, so we wanted to celebrate and also bring some light to this topic since translation, and all that it encompasses, is sometimes misunderstood. The celebration was proposed by the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (Worldwide Federation of Translators) and the goal

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Today's topic is a very personal one,  in August we celebrate the Afro-descendants Heritage Month and the last day is dedicated to black people and Afro Costa Ricans. Before COVID there were parades and activities that you could attend everywhere, this year the events were online

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Have you ever tried ‘speckled rooster’? It’s the national dish of Costa Rica, and not what you’re possibly thinking. In Spanish, ‘speckled rooster’ is gallo pinto, and many Costa Ricans religiously eat it for breakfast. It is one of the many appetizing dishes on offer

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GALLITO (ga-ʝi-to) Most Costa Ricans have a thing for diminutives and, you probably know this by now, right? And chances are some of these words have already been incorporated into your Spanish language arsenal. Words like “momentito” (jiffy), or the much used “toquecito” (jiffy),  chiquito/a (little boy/girl), and/or

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NANDAYURE (nan-ða ʝu'-re) Being born and raised Costa Rican, my first Geography memories date back to elementary school, where our first Social Studies lessons would inevitably be linked to the country's administrative division into provinces, cantons, and districts. And then, I first learned about Guanacaste, its people, traditions,

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