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Community

Conflict between auditor, mayor, and municipal councillors of Nandayure threatens oversight of multi-billion budget

Mar 21, 2025

The Municipality of Nandayure has been experiencing a kind of “cold war” for months between...

Nicoya

SINAC Will Redetermine How Many People Live in the Ostional Refuge

Mar 20, 2025

Sinac initiated the third cadastral study in the Ostional refuge to determine the legality of...

Nosara

Uncertainty returns to Ostional due to possible evictions within the refuge

Mar 18, 2025

Evictions are once again looming in the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge. Who has the right...

Region

Citizen groups gather proposals to curb gentrification in Costa Rica

Mar 14, 2025

Anti-Gentrification Collective and No to Gentrification have met with legislators to push for new...

Region

8 must-read reports on Guanacaste for Women’s Day

Mar 08, 2025

At The Voice of Guanacaste, we have documented stories for years that reflect the injustices...

Nicoya

SINAC confirms that nine properties are invading Sámara’s mangrove

Feb 28, 2025

Who owns it, and what needs to be done in each case to restore the ...

Region

How have other countries halted gentrification and what could we learn from them?

Feb 21, 2025

The Voice spoke with professionals in anthropology and sociology to investigate regulatory measures that have...

Community, Nature, Liberia

Why did the reef of Jícaro beach die?

Feb 20, 2025

“The beautiful Jícaro reef is dead. Rest in peace, though I’m not...

Community, Santa Cruz

Do you live in Santa Cruz and are you interested in composting? Then don’t miss this opportunity

Feb 10, 2025

If your family or your institution is interested in composting – creating your own fertilizer, managing...

Samara

What lies behind the phrase: “If the foreigner buys, it’s because the tico sells”?

Feb 07, 2025

The Voice spoke with locals and experts in housing and urban planning to understand the...

Samara

Municipality of Nicoya eliminates concession in the maritime land zone for a property located on the Lagarto River mangrove

Feb 06, 2025

The Municipal Council of Nicoya rejected the renewal of a concession in the Maritime Land...

Students from the private school La P'tite École painted signs with messages aimed at conserving the Lagarto River mangrove and installed them around the ecosystem. Photo: César Arroyo Castro

Community, Santa Cruz

Municipality of Santa Cruz and Cantomar Ocean Club made an agreement to label trees in Brasilito

Jan 17, 2025

With concerns about logging, the community has been going to the area to put up...

Community, Santa Cruz

Avellanas: Uncertainty over BPM festival due to opposition from the Public Force, ADI and the Chamber of Tourism

Dec 20, 2024

Drugs, excessive noise, robberies and rapes: these are the reasons why police authorities and residents...

News, Liberia

Guanacaste recovers 69 hectares of Cabuyal Beach registered under the Roman Ocampo family

Dec 20, 2024

Cabuyal Beach in Liberia: Judges annul the registrations held by the Roman Ocampo family over...

Region

Hollywood and El Bambú: Two Guanacaste neighborhoods struck by tragedy over and over again

Nov 24, 2024

The neighborhoods of Hollywood in the district of Nosara (canton of Nicoya), and El Bamb...

Nicoya, Samara

Daniela Escobar’s family urges OIJ to resume search for the young woman

Nov 22, 2024

The more than 50 attendees held signs, photos of Daniela, and wore purple ribbons on ...

Region

Voices in Guanacaste will convene in Cañas to demand “no more violence against women”

Nov 21, 2024

For the first time, this canton will host a demonstration organized by civil society in...

Nicoya

Producers at the Nicoya Farmers’ Fair want to return to their old sales point

Nov 14, 2024

A group of producers who participate in the Nicoya Farmers Market want to return to...

Nicoya

Sámara Chamber of Tourism kicks out member for statements made to The Voice of Guanacaste

Oct 29, 2024

According to McGoey, the board of directors of the chamber made the decision because he...

News

Bill proposes to legalize the placement of chairs, tables, and umbrellas on the beaches

Oct 22, 2024

This is the aim of the Law for the Development and Promotion of the ZMT...

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