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Samara

Constitutional Court: Sámara Chamber of Tourism must reinstate member kicked out due to statements made to The Voice

Jun 09, 2025

The president of Sámara’s Integral Development Association (Spanish acronym: ADI) had been kicked...

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...

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 ...

Nature, Samara

Vistas de Sámara: the housing development that could be built on a mangrove

Aug 22, 2024

The pasture is the scene of a dispute between people from the community who want...

Samara

Regulatory Plan in Sámara: the unfulfilled promise turns 20 (and will last even longer)

Aug 08, 2024

Nearly 20 years later, the new coastal regulatory plan has not been renewed in S...

Samara

Municipality of Nicoya hasn’t evicted businesses that encroach on Sámara Beach

May 20, 2023

Lack of money and legal appeals. Those are the two reasons why the Municipality of...

Samara, Liberia

Liberia: Women’s groups will discuss how to eradicate violence against women. You can participate too

Oct 20, 2022

Acceder Citizen Association will organize a series of meetings with women and non-binary people...

Samara

Samara beachfront businesses consider layoffs due to beach eviction notice

Jul 21, 2022

At least four beachfront businesses in Samara are considering laying off some of their staff...

Samara

Mayor of Nicoya: “The Nicoya maritime-terrestrial zone situation is a problem that has not been addressed for years”.

Mar 10, 2021

The Municipality of Nicoya has already notified a dozen restaurants and hotels to remove furniture...

Nicoya, Nature, Samara

Vendors in Samara face uncertainty after demolitions in the maritime land zone

Feb 18, 2021

Elias Madrigal places a table full of things at the entrance of a shack facing...

Nicoya, Samara, Santa Cruz

Tamarindo and Samara are the only beaches in Guanacaste with lifeguards. How did they do it?

Feb 11, 2021

For years, Tamarindo was the only beach in all of Guanacaste that had lifeguards. Now ...

Nosara, Nicoya, Samara, COVID-19

Samara, Guiones, Garza, Pelada and Ostional Beaches Closed

Mar 19, 2020

All beaches in the district of Nosara in Nicoya as well as Ostional in Santa...

Nosara, Nicoya, Samara

Nosara’s Refuges Fight to Save Electrocuted Animals

Aug 19, 2019

In what used to be Brenda Bombard’s kitchen, there is a basin full...

Samara

A Community Group Rebuilds “The Sea Jungle” in Sámara Bay

Aug 14, 2019

In the Sámara community center, Lucia Mahlich picks up the microphone, looks at her...

Culture, Samara

Montserrat Dibango, Fashion that Blazes Trails

May 25, 2019

The Samara designer returned to the province to launch a startup and is a role ...

Samara

Sámara Starts to Awaken its Culture

Feb 01, 2019

A group of Samara residents has been rekindling culture in the coastal community since the...

Culture, Samara

The Fisherman who Holds his Breath

Jan 29, 2019

What is life like for a fisherman who catches his prey with a harpoon? This ...

Samara

Alleged Illegal Tree Felling Reported in Barco Quebrado, Sámara

May 03, 2018

The National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac) filed a complaint with the Judicial Investigation Police...

Samara

Health Ministry Finds No Evidence of Dirty Water at Sámara Beach

Feb 21, 2017

Through a brief email, Zinnia Cordero, director of the Nicoya Health Department, confirmed that the...

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