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Why use bullets when you have crayons?
Nearly 40 percent of voters in Costa Rica supported an anti-gay evangelical for president. Maybe progressive Costa Rica is more like its troubled neighboring countries than it once seemed.
New research on Latin America's four recent female presidents disproves the idea that merely putting a woman in power will improve gender equality.
There is hope for a different kind of bank – that serves the public and shareholder good.
The 2017 Global Innovation Index shows that most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean could do much more to tap their innovation potential
The case of a 12-year-old Costa Rican girl, who was raped by her father and denied an abortion, is dividing a nation that prides itself on its human rights record.
While Costa Ricans pride their country for being an oasis of stability in Latin America, the nation has struggled with restrictive laws and social attitudes toward immigrants from Nicaragua.
Environmental sustainability has a role in increasing national well-being.
Sloths have been moving slowly for 64m years.
In the midst of a rapidly growing economy, research budget shortcomings threaten a young scientific community that struggles to stay afloat.
Divers at the famed Cocos site off Costa Rica record declines in a number of shark species – a sign that marine preserves are limited protection against illegal fishing.
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Associate Professor of Biology; Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, University of Victoria
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PhD Student, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Northern Iowa
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Associate research scientist, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Adjunct Researcher, Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua
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PhD Researcher, Swansea University
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Professor of International Studies, California State University, Long Beach
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Professor, School of International Relations, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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Economist and Research Fellow, United Nations University
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Professor of Human Rights, University of Costa Rica
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Assistant Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Lecturer in Biology, Keele University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Public Affairs and Faculty Director of the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
