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Costa Rica Calls For Water Conservation Amid Looming Drought Concerns

With national meteorological forecasts predicting drier than average conditions in early 2024, Costa Rican officials are urging residents, businesses and industry groups to exercise...

El Niño Impacts Loom Large As Costa Rica Faces Drought

This year begins with a drought throughout Costa Rica. According to experts from the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), the situation is mainly caused by...

El Niño Drought To Persist In Costa Rica

Due to the El Niño phenomenon, Costa Rica experienced lower than normal rainfall in 2023 across most of the country, ending the year with...

Panama Canal Reduces Crossings Amid Drought

The Panama Canal, the vital waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is facing an unprecedented drought that is severely impacting operations. On...

Costa Rica Weather Alert for Looming El Niño Drought 

Costa Rica declared a "yellow alert" (level two out of four) on Wednesday due to forecasts of drought in the coming months due to...

UNICEF executive director talks drought, immigration during visit to Costa Rica

The Tico Times spoke with Henrietta Fore to discuss her role as UNICEF's executive director and the organization's goals in Costa Rica and Central America. 

Drought subjects Central America to pests, loss of crops and lack of drinking water

Nearly 300,000 Costa Ricans have water shortages and that number could increase, according to Alex Solis, head of the National Emergency Commission, which coordinates a committee to address the climate phenomenon.

Drought in Central America straining food supply of more than 2 million people

A drought affecting several countries in Central America has caused significant losses in crops, affecting more than two million people, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

Costa Rica seeks to bring water to drought-stricken Guanacaste

Costa Rica will start a project to bring water to more than half a million people in the arid region of Guanacaste. The government...

Drought and floods: Costa Rica faced rainfall extremes in 2015

2015 was a year of rainfall extremes in Costa Rica -- Guanacaste faced a historically bad drought and heavy rainfall caused floods along the Caribbean.

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Grigor Dimitrov stunned world number two Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open on Thursday, delivering a scintillating performance to secure a...

Costa Rica Sees Alarming Surge in Vehicle Theft

The Judicial Investigation Organism (OIJ) has reported a surge in vehicle theft cases this year, particularly in San José. According to the judicial police,...

Woman’s Rights Activist Found Dead in El Salvador

A woman's rights activist who had been missing since last week in El Salvador was found dead in a sugarcane field with signs of...

Costa Rican Specialists Protest for Better Working Conditions and Salaries

A group of specialists from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) are set to start protesting on April 1, demanding improvements in their...

Parenting in Costa Rica: Where Two Kids Equal One Trillion Ants

Two of the central aspects of my life are wildlife and being a dad. I’ve loved wildlife my entire life. I’m constantly studying mammals....
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