At 57, García has worked on his seven-hectare plot, El Jícaro, in the Sarapiquí region, northeast Costa Rica, for 36 years. In his hands he has gone from being a bare pasture for cattle to a densely wooded wildlife refuge, where the aroma of vanilla floats in the air and …
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Good morning, good afternoon and good night. This Thursday marks six months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international interest. This is the sixth time that a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most serious. Almost …
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