Human Rights Archives

Community, Life & Health, Human Rights

Mayor of Limon has promised an exclusive clinic for the elderly during three campaigns. Building it is illegal

Sep 18, 2020

In 2013, Nestor Mattis assured six associations of senior citizens that he would build a...

COVID-19, Human Rights

Overcrowding Hits Guanacaste Women Harder. This Is How They Are Affected in the Middle of the Pandemic

Sep 09, 2020

67% of overcrowded homes in the Chorotega Region have women as the head of household ...

News, Human Rights, Liberia

Family members condemn feminicide of elderly Nicaraguan woman in Guanacaste

Sep 07, 2020

Justina Galo Urtecho sold lottery tickets in the Martina Bustos neighborhood in Liberia. She also...

COVID-19, Human Rights, Special Stories

The unpunished femicide of Darys Mora, the deepest wound of a cross border town

Jul 28, 2020

San Vicente, a forgotten community on the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan border, found Darys Mora strangled...

COVID-19, Human Rights

Silvio and Teresa: Nicaraguans who heal and teach during the pandemic

Jul 23, 2020

In classrooms, hospitals and orchards, there are Nicaraguans fighting alongside us to get out of ...

Human Rights, Special Stories

VIDEO: Here’s what we can do to cut back xenophobia towards Nicaraguans in Costa Rica

Jul 14, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, rejection of Nicaraguan migrants has exacerbated. Two experts explain why and ...

COVID-19, Human Rights, Special Stories

Pandemic at the Border: When Working and Living is Outlawed

Jul 07, 2020

COVID-19 has drawn a hard and fast line across a previously porous border, and...

COVID-19, Human Rights, Special Stories

How COVID-19 drew the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Jun 26, 2020

Along the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, communities used to interact effortlessly. What’s...

Region, Human Rights

PANI will enable 24/7 attention for Guanacaste in July

May 09, 2020

Starting in July, the National Children’s Board (PANI) in Guanacaste will work continuously...

COVID-19, Human Rights

Are there fewer cases of domestic violence during the pandemic? Let’s look beyond the data

Apr 23, 2020

On Monday, March 30th, at the Government’s daily press conference, the Minister on...

Human Rights

Vitinia and Adolfo: “I Couldn’t Even Say the Word Lesbian Out Loud”

Dec 23, 2019

Vitina and Adolfo became allies of their daughter Ana Maria Murillo Varela and call themselves ...

Human Rights, Special Stories

Political Violence: The Cost of Reaching Power

Nov 14, 2019

It’s Monday, May 27, 2019 at 6:02 p.m. and reporter Daniel Dinarte...

Human Rights, Special Stories

Depression, Stress and Sexual Problems: The Psychological Consequences of Obstetric Violence During Pregnancy

Nov 14, 2019

Women of the province needed psychological attention after experiencing obstetric violence during pregnancy ...

Human Rights, Special Stories

Cyberbullying: The “Hidden World” Against Young Women in Guanacaste

Nov 14, 2019

Sara walked with fear from the moment she left her house. She was on her...

Human Rights, Special Stories

Rhymes Against Women: When Folklore Strike

Nov 14, 2019

Can we change machista folklore? We asked artists and experts what to do about jokes ...

Human Rights, Special Stories

The Violence that Strangles Female Independence

Nov 14, 2019

Tamar has her wild, curly hair tied up and hugs a Christmas tree with her...

Human Rights, Special Stories

The Math Behind Illegal Relationships

Nov 11, 2019

During 2018 in Guanacaste, 1,047 girls younger than 15 years old became mothers. Only ...

Human Rights

We Want to Do a Special Edition for the Women of Guanacaste, and You Can Make It Happen

Oct 02, 2019

You can be our sponsor and help make our ideas possible, while at the same ...

Human Rights

Opinion Letter: Three Tips for Being a Sexy Feminist Man, on March 8

Mar 08, 2019

I have always said that there is nothing sexier than a feminist man. I don...

Human Rights

Editorial: A Province for All Women

Mar 08, 2019

“I wonder what it is to be a woman. Is it just having a vagina...

Category: Human Rights