Category Archives: Costa Rica

Finishing up 2022…

December 31, 2022 | Brazil,Camps,Colombia,Costa Rica,Education Chapter,El Salvador,Featured News,Fundraisers,Magic in India,Our Travels,Performances

And before we start gearing up for a magical 2023, we wanted to recap what was a fantastic year. Our education chapters in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Colombia are still going strong with weekly classes, more local shows have ensued this year, and these shows have become a new source of income for our students; this is something that has us very happy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Show de Magia/ Magia de cerca MSFCR (@magos_sin_fronteras_cr) View this post on Instagram A post shared by MSF SV🇸🇻 (@magossinfronteras_sv) View this post on Instagram A post …
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Magicians Without Borders Thanks you for 2022

The 2020 results of our Colombian chapter and LATAM milestones

February 15, 2021 | Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,El Salvador,Featured News

On February 6th our LATAM headquarters did their annual meeting to share their achievements of 2020 and some goals for 2021, its the first time that this meeting was done virtually, so it got transmitted live via YouTube, and for the first time we got to see interactions from our teachers from Colombia and El Salvador in an annual meeting and we all can see it. Here it is if you want to watch it (and practice your Spanish while you do:)

Magicians without borders latam education chapters achievements 2020

Diego Vargas a MWB staff awarded the international Rising Star 2020 Slaight award

June 30, 2020 | Costa Rica,Featured News

We are so happy to share the wonderful news that Diego Vargasa, our Head Local Magician and co Founder of the Costa Rica Education Chapter is the recipiento for The Allan Slaight International Rising Star Award of 2020. This is an unbelievable accomplishment! We want to share the congratulations that have been showering over him over the past few hours. This is a testament to his hard work in magic supported by his huge heart and wanting to change the world with smiles and wonder. Congratulations Diego, and we are sure this is one of many acknowledgments to come. Please …
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Magic At Home: LIVE & INTERACTIVE magic shows online

May 15, 2020 | Colombia,Costa Rica,Education Chapter,El Salvador,Featured News

We wanted to let you knot what we have been up to in this pandemic times. We know that some of us are struggling and overwhelmed with staying at home, specially if you have not done remote work before, and if you have kids, add the home schooling and endless zoom meetings, it can be too much. So we wanted to help you with some live entertainment, that also has social impact! Of course with magic! Presenting: Magic At Home: LIVE & INTERACTIVE magic shows online We have put up an online store in order to further our cause, in the store …
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Unveiling of Magicians Associations during Keynote Speech in Costa Rica.

November 9, 2019 | Costa Rica,Education Chapter,Featured News

We had the honor to be the key note speech during the 2nd day of the World Meeting Forum Sustainable Edition in Costa Rica, on an amazing location, San Jose’s beautiful Convention Center. On our key note: Think Different Think With Magic, Carlos López our Global Programs Director, took the opportunity to unveil our students’ magic company: Magicians Associations a magic services company. This is the result of our 4 year program in Costa Rica, a new way for our students to gain income so that they can invest it in their future. We are very proud of our students …
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Thank you, Charles

August 22, 2019 | Costa Rica,Featured News

Broken Wand, this is what magicians say when someone close to magic dies. Last month we said fare well to Charles Gohmann, founder of Magicians Without Borders Costa Rica. A person we feel as part of the family. I met Charles at a wonderful event near the sea and the Costa Rican jungle, camping together with 100 people, listening to supremely inspiring stories. Charles surprised me with his immense charisma, generosity, good energy and joy. I remember when in the middle of a magic workshop he was attending, he had to answer the question: If you could really do magic…. …
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Costa Rica Students performed at The Retreat from Vanishing INC

June 5, 2019 | Costa Rica,Featured News

We are so excited to share that our students from the Costa Rica program with our local Head Magician Diego Vargas got to perform for over 30 magicians at The Retreat by Vanishing INC. It was a once in a lifetime experience to share with those 30 magicians among them Dani DaOrtiz, Daniel Garcia, Paul Vigil, Ben Earl, Rune Klan, Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin and others. We are very grateful to Josh and Andy for letting us live this experience, we are sure that this experience will live forever in the kids memories.

New Yale + MWB Collaboration

May 16, 2019 | Costa Rica,Featured News

Lil, a theater Yale student is in our project in Costa Rica for 3 months to lead a theater workshop for our magic students and other students of our local partner La Cometa. We are thrilled to have a new Yale + MWB Collaboration going on in Costa Rica. This training for our students will be an invaluable experience and will for sure take their performing skills to a whole new level! Thanks Yale! Thanks Lil!!

Our CR project in the news

May 6, 2019 | Costa Rica,Featured News,Videos

Last week we saw how our head magician of our Costa Rica project got this awesome article in the national news, he talks about his love of magic and how Magicians Without Borders helps him fulfill his purpose of social change while he makes smiles appear. Please be sure to check out the link below, and if you want to directly support our Costa Rica project, please visit cr.magossinfronteras.org or CLICK HERE to donate through PayPal. Here is the video from Costa Rica national newspaper: https://teletica.com/Multimedia/Videos/1002714

Official Launch – Magicians Without Borders Costa Rica

May 24, 2018 | Costa Rica,Featured News,Our Travels,Performances

On May 17th 2018, we did our first official launch for an education program in a Latin american country. It was to conmemorate our legal status in Costa Rica, from now own the foundation: Magos Sin Fronteras Costa Rica is now open for social change in the country! Plus we launch a website: cr.magossinfronteras.org We did the launch on the traditional cinema called Cine Magaly, in a VIP movie room for 70 people. In the audience we invited several potential allies and sponsors. All of this was mainly put together by Diego Vargas, our country director in Costa Rica, who …
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