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Natural Disasters Prompt Heated Budget Debate

MANAGUA — The legislative National Assembly last week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a 53 million córdoba ($2.8 million) emergency budget reform to redirect...

Environmentalists Warn Of Pending Mine Disaster

Environmentalists are warning of a potential disaster if care isn’t taken to prevent cyanide seepage from an open-pit gold mine in the small Pacific-slope...

Ortega Decrees State Of Disaster Nationwide

Following 47 days of continual rain, which has claimed seven lives in the past week and dumped more water on Nicaragua than Hurricane Mitch...

Explore Costa Rica’s Caribbean Dive Sites: Sharks, Turtles, and More

A Costa Rican conspiracy of Caribbean climatic conditions creates what locals call “summertime” every September and October on the Talamanca coast. While the rest...

More Communities Hit By Flooding, Tornado

A tornado ripped the roofs off of more than 20 houses in the low-income San José neighborhood of La Carpio June 21, leaving their...

National Emergency Declared After Weather-Related Disasters

President Oscar Arias Wednesday ordered a national state of emergency in the wake of violent weather in the Central Valley that caused floods, landslides...

Are Public Hospitals Prepared for Disasters?

The good news: There is a plan to bring Costa Rica’s public hospitals up to First World fire safety standards. The bad news: It could...

Chemical Disaster Still a Mystery

Thousands of liters of noxious chemicals burned during an inferno that raged at a Central Valley chemical plant earlier this month, some mixing with...

Tornado Injures 36 in Dominican Republic

DAJABON, Dominican Republic – Thirty-six people were injured last week when a tornado tore through the Dominican Republic’s Dajabon province, damaging 30% of the...

Nochebuena Museum at Irazú Volcano: The Facts and Figures Behind the Smoke

Costa Rica plays an active and spectacular part in the Ring of Fire, that circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean known for its...

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