Global Warming

Nowadays most of people know and understand the global warming, but nobody do anything to fix it. In the last years the effects of this problem have increased, yet goverments around the world have wanted to stop it because developed countries promised $4000 million to combat global warming as La Nación wrote in the article “Calentamiento global afectará directamente a Costa Rica“; even though they have invested that money in reforestation, renewave energy and biofuels, these measures are not enough. I think that is very difficult to get the goal to reduce global warming 2 Celsius by 2020; moreover, according to Ronald van der A, who is a senior project scientist at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute in the Netherlands, in the article “The Ozono Hole Has Decreased by 30%”, the hole in the ozone layer is decreasing over previous years. This is a great report because it is the requiered force to continue with the fight again the global warming.


Works Cited
Alejandra Vargas y Pablo Fonseca, “Calentamiento Global afectará directamente a Costa Rica”, http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/noviembre/27/aldea1330867.html, 2007, November 27.

Sten Anitei, “Ozone Hole Has Decreased by 30%”, http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ozone-Hole-Has-Decreased-by-30-67580.shtml, 2007, October 4th.

Domestic Violence

Nowadays, domestic violence is one of the big problems of our society, and this problem affects all kinds of people and social classes.
Some international organizations expressed their concern about this issue; because, this problem violates the international agreements on human rights; in addition, the Population Reference Bureau webpage wrote “Domestic violence is increasingly recognized as a critical public health problem by organizations like the Pan American Health Organization and the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States and as a serious violation of basic human rights under international treaties”.
Most of countries in Latin America, included Costa Rica, have done more laws against domestic violence; nevertheless, some surveys in these countries “Indicate that an estimated 10 percent to 50 percent of women report being physically assaulted by their male partner” (Population Reference Bureau).
This trouble increases when the victim does not tell anything about her/his situation, then anybody knows the problem, and the police cannot do anything, so the violence cycle continues.
In conclusion, in recent years domestic violence has been increasing and nowadays it is a “critical public health problem”, although Costa Rica and other countries have increased laws and punishments, these measures are not enough, so governments have to create best polices to stop this trend to violence.


Works Cited
“Domestic Violence and Abuse”. HelpGuide.org. Sep. 15, 10. http://helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm

“Domestic Violence: An Ongoing Threat to Women in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Population Reference Bureau. Article by Liz Creel with special reporting by Sara Lovera and Miriam Ruiz. Sep. 15, 10. http://www.prb.org/Articles/2001/DomesticViolenceAnOngoingThreattoWomeninLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.aspx