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Here’s How The Women of Costa Rica are Giving Back to The World Through Indigenous Art and Crafts

In the lush green hills of Costa Rica, women are doing more than keeping ancient traditions alive. They’re also teaching visitors how to live in a better way for Mother Earth. These women, hailing ...
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Costa Rican and asylum-seeking women come together to save cacao plantation

Things were looking bleak for Vicenta González, the 73-year-old owner of a cacao plantation in northern Costa Rica, near the border with Nicaragua. Several years ago, the waters of a nearby river ...
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Center Donates Costa Rica Land to Indigenous Women for Cocoa Production, Conservation

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica— The Center for Biological Diversity has donated more than 40 acres of land in Costa Rica to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production. The ...
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Costa Rica Film Festival Returns With New Head, Focus on Women and Desire for Regionalization in Central America

The 13th edition of the Costa Rica International Film Festival marks the first iteration with Patricia Velásquez Guzmán at the helm, but the filmmaker is a veteran when it comes to the San José-based ...