Panorama cultural: Costa Rica y Panamá

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/

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

Culture

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

Panamá

General

Ancon Expeditions in Panama: www.anconexpeditions.com/Main_en.html

Destination Panama: www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/cam/pan.htm

InfoPanama: www.infopanama.net/pa/e/

InfoPlease: Panama: www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107870.html

LANIC Panama: lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/panama

Latin World Panama: www.latinworld.com/centro/panama/index.html

Panama, Three Cities: www.pa/turismo/ciudades/eindex.html

Mireya Mosocso

Cuando ser presidenta sienta un precedente (Spanish): www.terra.com.pa/especiales/presidenta/presidenta.htm

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal: www.pancanal.com

Newspapers

Newspapers Online Panama: www.newspapers.com/results.asp?country=PANAMA

El Siglo: www.elsiglo.com

Culture

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

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about Costa Rica and Panama.

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?
4		When was construction for the Panama Canal begun, and when was it finally finished?
5		What are the three areas of Panama City? What distinguishes each area?
6		When was Mireya Mosocso elected as president of Panama? What historical event marks her presidency?