Thirty-two countries* will participate in a full-scale tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on 20 March 2013. The goal is to test the reaction capacity in countries of the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including the East Coast of Canada and the United States, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda. The exercise was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, includ-ing droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. At times, El Niño meteorological events and poor land use management exacerbate the effects of potential hazards. Several countries in the re-gion also remain vulnerable to civil unrest and associated humanitarian impacts. Between Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 and FY 2011, USAID’s Office of U.S.

Conmovidos por la tragedia que sufre el pueblo de Haití, el Gobierno de la Rep=FAblica enviará un equipo de 55 personas de diferentes instituciones del país hacia Haití con el propósito de colaborar con las labores de b=FAsqueda y rescate de las víctimas de la tragedia generada por el terremoto de 7 grados.

La salida de la brigada costarricense será este viernes de Base 2 de Sección Aérea del Ministerio de Seguridad P=FAblica a las 11 a.m. La empresa Taca donó el viaje de ida hacia Haití