Panorama Cultural

Panorama cultural: Costa Rica

General

Cocorí Complete Costa Rica: www.cocori.com

Costa Rica History and Culture: www.interknowledge.com/costa-rica/history.htm

Costa Rica Supersite: www.incostarica.net

Costa Rica's TravelNet: www.centralamerica.com/cr

Destination Costa Rica: www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/cam/costa.htm

Info Costa Rica: www.infocostarica.com

InfoCostaRica: www.infocostarica.net/cr/e/home.asp

Internet de Costa Rica (Spanish): www.cr

LANIC Costa Rica: lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/cr

Latin World Costa Rica: www.latinworld.com/centro/costarica/index.html

Parques nacionales de Costa Rica (Spanish): www.nacion.co.cr/netinc/costarica/parques/parquesnac.html

Óscar Sánchez Arias

Dr. Óscar Arias Sánchez: www.arias.or.cr/fundador/bio-e.htm

La Fundación Arias Website: www.arias.or.cr/Eindice.htm

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive: www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

Óscar Arias Sanchez (Nobel Peace Prize): www.infocostarica.com/people/oscar.html

Newspapers

Newspapers Online Costa Rica: www.newspapers.com/results.asp?country=COSTA%20RICA

La Nación: www.nacion.co.cr

La Prensa Libre: www.prensalibre.co.cr/plibre.html

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Costa Rica

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about Costa Rica.
1. Name at least ten national parks in Costa Rica. Locate them on a map and identify the ecosystem of the park.

2. What are the years of Óscar Arias Sánchez's presidency in Costa Rica? In what year and why was he given the Nobel Peace Prize?

3. What are the major cities of Costa Rica? Where are they located (coast, mountains, river) and what is their economic base?

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