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The Influence of Spanish Lexicon on Limonese Creole: Negative Implications

Revista de Lenguas Modernas, 2014
After working in the construction of the railroad that communicates Limón with San José, many Afro-Caribbean people who had arrived during the 1870’s, especially from Jamaica, stayed and established themselves in Limón.
Ginneth Pizarro Chacón, Paula Fallas Domian   +1 more
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Jajaja, jejeje, jijiji: pragmatic functions associated with transcriptions of laughter in computer-mediated communication in Spanish

Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2020
This paper describes a study of the pragmatic functions associated with onomatopoeic transcriptions of laughter used in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Spanish, carried out through a questionnaire applied on Costa Rican university students.
Haakon S. Krohn
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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COSTA RICA WITHOUT BORDERS #12

Pensar en Movimiento, 2015
In this section we publish the Spanish version of abstracts from original articles in other languages, published by researchers from Costa Rican universities in different journals around the world.
Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas
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Trees Inside and Outside of Forests in Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Comparisons Among Conservation Areas, Fencerows, and Urban Parks

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We compared the abundance and characteristics of trees in replicated plots across a rural to urban gradient in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Trees in urban parks, fencerows, and national parks provide complementary benefits and have distinct compositions.
Jennifer S. Powers, Finnegan Powers‐Tiffin, Pooja Choksi, Forrest Fleischman, German Vargas G., Justin M. Becknell, Catherine Hulshof, Michael J. O'Brien, Daniel Pérez Aviles, Damaris Pereira Arias, Naomi B. Schwartz, Chris Smith‐Martin, David Medvigy   +12 more
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Los conectores pragmáticos en el habla culta costarricense

Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015
Expressions such as bueno, idiay, verdad, digamos.fijáte, etc., which reccurvery frequendy in spoken Costa Rican Spanish, traditionalIy have been stigrnatized as pet words without much meaning or function.
Yamilet Solano Rojas
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The Long and Winding Road: Policy Frictions and the Governance of Ride‐Hailing Platforms in Latin America

Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT The rise of ride‐hailing platforms has profoundly transformed urban mobility in Latin America over the past decade. Transportation Network Companies such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, InDrive, and others operating in the region have affected transportation patterns and intensified debates around labor relations, algorithmic management, regulatory ...
Ronald Sáenz‐Leandro
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Consumer Preferences for Gene‐Edited Foods: A Review of the Literature and Discussion of Industry and Policy Implications

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 12-24, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE), a revolutionary genetic engineering technology that makes targeted modifications to plant and animal genomes, offers the potential to address key challenges in food security, nutrition, safety, health, agricultural productivity, and sustainability, yet consumer demand for GE foods remains uncertain and complex.
Jia Han, Daniele Asioli, Giacomo Zanello, Vincenzina Caputo   +3 more
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Letter from Matilde M. de Soto and Maria Lydia Sanchez de Roman, Deputies of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, to Geraldine Ferraro [PDF]

, 1984
Letter from Matilde M. de Soto and Maria Lydia Sanchez de Roman, Deputies of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, to Geraldine Ferraro. Letter has handwritten notes and includes a Library of Congress translation.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu ...
de Roman, Maria Lydia Sanchez, de Soto, Matilde M., Ferraro, Geraldine   +2 more
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Being Political Protagonists: Activist Trajectories and Gender Awareness of Female Chileans Exiled in Costa Rica

Bulletin 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
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