365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for November, 2010
A Musical Backdrop
Sometimes I feel like there should be a “musical backdrop” to life. You know, like in the movies, where each dramatic scene is punctuated by a musical theme. But in reality, the music isn’t there….or is it? I am sometimes deeply moved by a church service where the music is really good. But take way the [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
I am going to suggest something particularly outlandish in this post. And that is, maybe that part of the Declaration of Independence that is so often quoted, you know the “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” part, is a little off. Maybe missing from that list is another thing we humans are endowed with, or at least [...]
Constituenza
It appears that maybe the main reason for Daniel Ortega’s initial obstinence in face of mounting pressure to remove troops from Costa Rican soil was because he had stumbled upon a way to rapidly and widely boost his popularity ratings. I guess it wouldn’t be the first time that happened, now would it? I mean, it wouldn’t be the first time [...]
The State of a Nation
I read an article in the latest issue of The Tico Times regarding the growing inequality between the rich and the poor in Costa Rica. Highlighted in the piece is the painting to the left by national artist, Héctor Gamboa. The scene pictures children playing amongst “tugurios” (or tin-roofed shacks that riddle Costa Rica’s poorest barrios) by the river, while [...]
The World from 264,000 Feet
I have been reading more with curiosity, rather than any degree of alarm, about the apparent Nicaraguan ”invasion” of Costa Rica. What is actually occurring is, in my humble opinion, a bit less than described by recent inflammatory rhetoric by Costa Rica’s Presidenta, Laura Chinchilla. She claims that Costa Rica has been invaded, pure and simple, and [...]
I Had a Nightmare
Martin Luther King may have “had a dream,” but right now I am betting for Barack Obama, our nation’s first black President, he might just feel like waking up. And the recent elections were just that, a loud and obnoxious wake-up call. Obama’s dream of creating an “America” that is a more level playing field [...]
