Category: Human Rights

Region, Human Rights, Health, Congress

The government wants to tax people with disabilities. How do they get by?

Jun 09, 2023

The government is looking to tax hearing aids, wheelchairs, canes, glasses and other tools for...

Nosara, Human Rights

Streets of Nosara were filled with folklore and diversity flags

Jun 06, 2023

Jeff Chajii traveled from El Silencio of Tilarán to Nosara to march in the...

Region, Human Rights

Among women: Stories from Guanacaste of home births

Mar 09, 2023

Danixa Matarrita felt that her water broke. It was 1 a.m. on a Monday...

Human Rights, Art, Opinion

How to embrace immigration through art

Nov 01, 2022

Some things get started without direction, while internally recognizing the urgency of doing them. Others...

Region, Visuals, Human Rights

Editorial: A diverse voice in Guanacaste

Jun 28, 2022

In 2017, The Voice of Guanacaste published a cover with a gender diversity story for...

Community, Human Rights, Santa Cruz

How an NGO tackles the lack of a school in Brasilito with a single classroom

Jun 09, 2022

This year marks a decade since Brasilito lost its school. The 2012 earthquake damaged it...

Community, Human Rights, Santa Cruz

Brasilito: The community with students who’ve never been to school

Jun 09, 2022

In the mid-morning heat, Santiago sits at the Brasilito bus stop and confesses to...

Special Stories, Human Rights

What’s it like growing up “without papers” in a country that you weren’t born in?

May 22, 2022

One day, Deilyn heard that her father hadn’t sent her to school because...

Region, Special Stories, Human Rights

How Costa Rica Overcomes Anti-Vax Obstacles To Immunize All Its Children

Apr 05, 2022

Doubt or fear is enough to cause people to reject the coronavirus vaccine, even more...

Special Stories, Human Rights

Five signs of xenophobia in Costa Rica

Mar 25, 2022

The first months of the pandemic exacerbated hate speech on social networks in Costa Rica...

Special Stories, Human Rights, Uncategorized

135 women in Guanacaste sought medical attention within 72 hours after rape

Nov 30, 2021

Eva woke up in her bed uncertain of what had happened the night before. She...

Special Stories, Human Rights

Streets: They’re for everyone but are hostile for women

Nov 30, 2021

Cristel was exhausted after finishing her day of work, but she still had a four...

Community, Special Stories, Human Rights, Santa Cruz, Liberia

Women in Guanacaste marched against gender violence

Nov 26, 2021

November 25 is becoming increasingly relevant in the streets of Guanacaste. Yesterday dozens of women...

Special Stories, Human Rights

Sexual cyberviolence: When violence shows up on girls’ screens

Nov 25, 2021

When Jimena was 14 years old, she wanted to disappear from the world. She was...