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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
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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
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Molecular, morphological, and phytochemical evidence for a broad species concept of Plagiochila bifaria (Hepaticae) [PDF]
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
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Mapping British Latinx Writing
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
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Little Overlap in Symbiotic Bacteria of Coquí Frogs in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
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
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How Strong is the Case for Dollarization in Costa Rica? A Note on the Business Cycle Comovements with the United States [PDF]
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
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Construyendo un mundo a través de la literatura para niños
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
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Epiphyllous Lejeuneaceae in Costa Rica : contributions to the altitudinal distribution of selected species [PDF]
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
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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
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Luisa González: el pensamiento político de una maestra costarricense comunista
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
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