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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...

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...

El Salvador Disaster Recovery at $355.6 Million

SAN SALVADOR (EFE) – The governmentof El Salvador said recoverycosts following Tropical Storm Stan andthe eruption of the Santa Ana Volcanototal $355.6 million.Presidential secretary...

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