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Price and Volatility Transmission From International to Domestic Food and Fertilizer Markets in Central America

open access: yesAgricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent global shocks have triggered sharp spikes in international food and fertilizer prices, raising concerns about their domestic impacts. This study examines the extent to which international price levels and volatility are transmitted to domestic food and fertilizer markets in seven Central American countries.
Manuel A. Hernandez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Being Political Protagonists: Activist Trajectories and Gender Awareness of Female Chileans Exiled in Costa Rica

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This article reconstructs the political trajectories of Chilean exiled women settling in Costa Rica. It analyses the manifestations and transmutations of their political praxis before, during and after the period of ostracism, based on life stories reconstructed through semi‐structured interviews with several women who began militancy before ...
Marcela Ramírez‐Hernández
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular, morphological, and phytochemical evidence for a broad species concept of Plagiochila bifaria (Hepaticae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Debate over the synonymy of the European Plagiochila killarniensis and the Neotropical P bifaria of R sect. Arrectae has focused on differences in secondary metabolite composition.
Feldberg, K.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Mapping British Latinx Writing

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.
There are an estimated quarter of a million Latin Americans living in the UK, yet they remain outside the British national imaginary. This invisibility has historically extended to the literary scene and publishing industry, with only very few British‐based Latin American and Latinx writers gaining any exposure.
Karina Lickorish Quinn
wiley   +1 more source

Little Overlap in Symbiotic Bacteria of Coquí Frogs in Hawaii and Puerto Rico

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Amphibians can have important interactions with their skin bacteria that influence host health. Coquí frogs from Puerto Rico have successfully invaded many locations outside their native range, including Hawaii. Minimal overlap of skin bacterial community diversity and core members on frogs in Puerto Rico and Hawaii suggests little, if any, impact of ...
Chava L. Weitzman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Strong is the Case for Dollarization in Costa Rica? A Note on the Business Cycle Comovements with the United States [PDF]

open access: yes
We evaluate the proposal for official dollarization in Costa Rica by applying a new approach to measure the business cycle comovements with the United States. While the literature often focuses on the correlation of shocks, we point out that the response
Frank Westermann, Nannette Lindenberg
core   +3 more sources

Construyendo un mundo a través de la literatura para niños

open access: yesRevista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015
Adela Ferreto se da su lugar en el desarrollo de la literatura costarricense para los niños. Además, sus principales escritos para los niños son analizados a fin de revelar el proyecto ideológico del escritor y el principal recurso retórico que utiliza ...
Magdalena Vásquez Vargas
doaj   +1 more source

Epiphyllous Lejeuneaceae in Costa Rica : contributions to the altitudinal distribution of selected species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The altitudina l distribution of selected species of epiphyllous Lejeuneaceae shows 6 groups (table 1 and 2): I (only lower than 500 m) Cololejeunea setiloba; II (1-1600m) Aphanolejeunea costaricensis, A.
Eggers, Jens
core  

Drought Response Is Not a Species Trait: Tropical Tree Drought Sensitivity Is Shaped by Drought Characteristics, Species Adaptations and Individual Microenvironments

open access: yesEcology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2026.
We examined growth responses of 1820 trees across 30 species to three distinct droughts in a seasonally dry tropical forest in western Thailand. Contrary to expectations of simple, consistent drought responses, species and individuals varied widely in their growth sensitivity to distinct drought events that had differing characteristics.
Krishna Anujan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Luisa González: el pensamiento político de una maestra costarricense comunista

open access: yesKáñina, 2008
En la primera mitad del siglo XX existió en Costa Rica un grupo de mujeres intelectuales que bien podríamos denominar "las modernas" de San José. Estas mujeres fueron excepcionales para su época, debido a que se encargaron de opinar, por escrito, sobre ...
Ruth Cubillo Paniagua
doaj  

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