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/

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

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/country.htm

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

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?

General

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

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 Moscoso

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/country.htm

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 Panama.

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