After tsunami scare, Costa Rica rattled by strong 6.3 Panama temblor
Email this page April 2nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) After having been under a tsunami watch yesterday evening after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake in Chile, Costa Rica residents were rocked by a strong 6.3-magnitude temblor this morning that struck 100km south of David, Panama, near Costa Rica’s southern border, shortly after 10am this morning. Moderate to strong […]
8.2 earthquake in Chile kills at least six; sparks tsunami scare in Costa Rica
Email this page April 2nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Tsunami warnings have been lifted for Chile’s coastline, hours after a strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake yesterday evening killed at least six people in Chile and set off a small tsunami that prompted evacuations along the country’s Pacific coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami alerts for Costa Rica, […]
Banana workers affected by pesticide block Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
Email this page April 1st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A group of banana workers blocked the entrances and exits of the Legislative Assembly yesterday for at least an hour. The move came after the workers had waited until 7pm for the hearing of Bill 18.802, which aims to provide direct compensation to workers affected by the […]
Central America’s coffee woes
Email this page By W. Alejandro Sanchez April 1st, 2014 (VOXXI) Over the past couple of years, coffee production in Central America has been hit by a deadly wave of coffee leaf rust (“roya” in Spanish), a type of fungus that has hurt the production of this valued commodity in the region. The Central American […]
UN Panel: Humans Affecting Climate, Goverments Need Plans to Adapt
Email this page Study says Central America could face flooding, disease March 31st, 2014 (VOA) A U.N. panel said humans are interfering with the Earth’s climate, and that the effects touch every continent and the planet’s oceans. In a new report released Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted the risks of a warming planet […]
2013 was sixth warmest year on record, scientists say
Email this page By Lisa Schlein March 25th, 2014 - GENEVA (VOA) — The World Meteorological Organization reports 2013 was the sixth warmest year on record, confirming the long-term global warming is continuing. In its annual report on the Status of the Climate, WMO describes a pattern of extreme weather events across the planet. The World […]
Woman will face charges of shark finning this week
Email this page March 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A woman identified by the last name Tseng will stand trial this week in Puntarenas, accused of landing 652 shark fins. Her trial is scheduled to begin on Friday. The charges against the woman stem from September 2011, when the Coast Guard seized 625 shark fins. […]
IAEA Chief: Dump Contaminated Fukushima Water into Sea
Email this page March 17th, 2014 (VOA) International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano is recommending some of the contaminated water from Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant be released into the ocean. Japanese authorities have struggled to contain the rapidly accumulating water used to cool the plant’s damaged reactors. Some of the hundreds of tanks […]
