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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...

Man’s Best Friend? Man and Crocodile Put on One-of-a-Kind Show in Siquirres

“Chito and Poncho are friends,” reads a sign at Finca Las Tilapias, Gilberto Sheedan’s ranch near the Caribbean-slope town of Siquirres. Chito, as Sheedan is...

Nicaraguans Eye Election Results

For many Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica, memories of the bloody Sandinista revolution and civil war follow them around like desperate street vendors. “Imagine...

Panamanian Campesinos Urge ‘No’ Vote on Canal Expansion

PANAMA CITY – An organization of Panamanian campesinos this week reiterated a call for their countrymen to vote against the proposed expansion of the...

Guatemalan Anti-Opium Operation ‘Successful’

GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan security forces exceeded original expectations for the anti-drug operation they launched Aug. 28 in five municipalities on the Mexican border,...

Taiwan Shows Interest In Panama Canal Expansion

PANAMA CITY – Taiwan’s foreign minister announced this week that his country is interested in participating in the project to enlarge the Panama Canal,...

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