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Europe injects $10 million to shield Central America from disasters

Following a year of deadly storms, Europe is moving to pad out Central America´s finances toward disaster preparedness with a $10 million fund, according...

World Bank Approves $65M in Disaster Relief

The World Bank has approved a $65 million loan to Costa Rica for funding in the wake of natural disasters. The loan, similar to...

Correction: Hard winds slam San José, but no tornado

The gusts that swept through San José early yesterday afternoon were “strong winds” and not a tornado as initially reported, according to Costa Rica...

Mine Disaster at Miramar: A Story Foretold

MIRAMAR DE MONTES DE ORO, Puntarenas – The call came one dreary morning last October. “The mine is falling, the mine is falling!” said a...

Spanish Prince Inaugurates Disaster Relief Center

PANAMA CITY – Spain's Prince Felipe said last weekend here that “nothing that affects the Americas is foreign to us” upon inaugurating a humanitarian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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