Rincon de la Vieja National Park expands
Costa Rica's new president, Carlos Alvarado, signed a law this week to increase the size of Rincon de la Vieja National Park.
Currently covering 14,300 hectares, it is set to grow to 16,182 hectares, an increase of 13%.
This decision should mean that the inhabitants of the town of Liberia, located at the base of the volcano, will no longer be short of water. Indeed, 32 rivers and streams originate on the slopes of the Rincon de la Vieja volcano.
In other good news, the President insisted that no mining operations...
