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Railroads in Costa Rica are managed by state owned Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles, Incofer, and are of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, the same as Honduras and Nicaragua. Incofer runs the Interurbano Line around San José and freight trains in the Caribbean for ArcelorMittal operations. The first railroad in Costa Rica was opened ...
Despite closing its 6,000 m 2 store at Multiplaza San José Costa Rica, Carrión expressed an intention at the time to expand in the country [4] and did eventually open a new store in Alajuela in 2015. [1] The company later pulled out of the Costa Rica market, [4] and its unique location in Honduras closed in 2019. [5]
The Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the three Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The term is used with respect to the countries' economic integration , [ 1 ] and their shared challenges, including widespread poverty, violence, and ...
Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama.
The establishment of Correos de Costa Rica gained momentum with the Costa Rican constitution of 1824, which mandates that the Congress of the Republic must open roads and carry posts and general mail. On December 10, 1839, via government decree, the first rulebook for mail was drafted and the “Servicio Nacional de Correos” was created. [2]
The federal republic consisted of five states: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [191] Each state was subdivided into 45 partidos (districts). [192] From 7 February 1835 to 3 May 1839, the Federal District was centered around San Salvador as the national capital. [153]
The Honduras–Nicaragua border is the roughly 950-kilometre-long (590 mi) international boundary [1] between Honduras and Nicaragua, running from the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. The Coco River, which flows generally northeast to the Caribbean, forms more than half of the border.
This was known as the Pacto de la embajada de México. [3] The war ended in April 1948 and Costa Rica entered into its 'Second Republic.' [ 1 ] The 1960s were an important decade for both nations as their respective Presidents paid official visits to each others nations, starting with Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz traveling to Costa ...