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Costa Rica gained election as president of the Group of 77 in the United Nations in 1995. That term ended in 1997 with the South-South Conference held in San Jose. Costa Rica occupied a nonpermanent seat in the Security Council from 1997 to 1999 and exercised a leadership role in confronting crises in the Middle East and Africa, as well as in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The following article lists the presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.
Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) has its main campus in Dulce Nombre district of Cartago canton, is modeled as an institute of technology. University of Costa Rica (UCR) its main campus is in San Pedro district, Montes de Oca canton. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious institution of higher learning in Costa Rica.
Rubio’s choice to visit Central America – Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic – is intentional and meant to drive forward the Trump agenda by “paying ...
Airline IATA ICAO Callsign Image Founded Notes Aerobell Airlines: 1988: Avianca Costa Rica: LR: LRC: LACSA: 2013: Aviones Taxi Aereo: 1971: Costa Rica Green Airways
The American International School of Costa Rica is an American international school in Cariari, La Asunción District, Belén, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. [1] Serving grade levels preschool through 12, the school as of 2015 has 220 students. It was established in 1970. [2]
The president of Costa Rica is elected using a modified two-round system in which a candidate must receive at least 40% of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate wins in the first round, a runoff is held between the two candidates with most votes. [2]
San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's cantons, with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) [4] and having within it an estimated population of 352,381 people in ...