Costa Rica
Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed about 7 million people worldwide, ravaging health care systems and economies. Dr. Atul Gawande, head of global health at the US Agency for International Development, spoke with The World's Carolyn Beeler about how pandemic recovery "will require as much focus and attention as it did when it first started."
Son of Conti: Ransomware tries its hand at politics
Bat pups babble and bat moms use baby talk, hinting at the evolution of human language
Paris agreement gets ‘new lease on life’ under Biden, climate advocates say
IMF reassures COVID-19 support after hundreds of groups push back against belt-tightening measures
‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and climate change leader
Christiana Figueres, the founder of Global Optimism, believes that a determined, optimistic mindset is crucial in the struggle for climate justice.
Costa Rica is betting on 'staycations' to keep tourism afloat
Hoping to replace billions in lost revenue, Costa Rica is embarking on a marketing blitz geared toward locals.
Rainforests are 'worth more alive than dead,' according to science — and economics
Earth’s rainforests are astonishingly biodiverse ecosystems that can drive the climates of faraway continents, but they’re disappearing in the name of the kind of economic development that values rainforests more when logged, mined, or turned into farmland. A new book argues that the world’s rainforests are most valuable when kept intact.
Transplanting resilient corals may help them survive climate change
Warmer ocean temperatures, ocean acidification and poor water quality combine to make a toxic environment for most corals around the world. But some corals are actually thriving despite these challenges and scientists hope to propagate these resilient corals to give struggling reefs a leg up.
Violence drives increasing numbers of Nicaraguans to the US
With political violence a daily threat at home, Nicaraguans are fleeing to Costa Rica and, increasingly, the US.
The red cloak of 'The Handmaid's Tale' is becoming a symbol for reproductive rights
Author Margaret Atwood says “everyone seeing these groups of women know what they mean.”
An activist, an election and LGBTQ rights in Costa Rica
When an anti-LGBTQ candidate won the first round of presidential elections in Costa Rica, Vincenzo Bruno took to Facebook to denounce him.
Court: Latin American countries should legalize same-sex marriage
A number of Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, do not allow same-sex marriage. However, that trend is changing.
With Olympics over, Haitian workers are leaving Brazil for the US in big numbers
Haitians and other US-bound migrants are boarding boats from Colombia by the hundreds each day. Next stop: the Darien Gap, a jungle that's feared as much for the armed rebels and narcos as for the snakes and jaguars.
Why six nations put their heads together and found a way to get nearly 8,000 stranded Cubans to the US
Five Central American nations and Mexico got together and figured out a plan to get nearly 8,000 stranded Cuban migrants from Costa Rica to the US border. That kind of laser-like focus on solutions just doesn't happen for other Central American migrants.