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Costa Rica requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. [1] The country has issued plates since at least 1923. The letters "CR" on plates into the early 1940s indicated the country name. The country name has been spelled out on the plates since at least 1944.
Most states change designs approximately every three years, with each state having its own plate replacement cycle. Every year, owners of Mexican-registered vehicles pay the tenencia or revalidación de placas (car plates renewal tax). A set of Mexican plates includes one pair of plates, a windshield sticker, and in some states a plate sticker.
On October 20, 1860, the Dirección General de Obras Públicas (Public Works General Directorate) was created.. On May 8, 1948, after the civil war, the transitional government created the agency as the Ministry of Public Works, then on August 5, 1963 it is renamed as Ministry of Transport, and on July 5, 1971 gets its final name as Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
An Intel microprocessor facility in Costa Rica that was, at one time, responsible for 20% of Costa Rican exports and 5% of the country's GDP (from Costa Rica) Image 40 The University of Costa Rica is the largest university in the country and one of the most recognizable across Central America .
Día de Juan Santamaría: Santamaría was a hero in the battle against North American Filibuster William Walker in 1856. May 1 Labour Day: Día Internacional del Trabajo: July 25 Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica: Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica: Celebrates the annexation of the Party of Nicoya in 1824. August 2
The 1991 Costa Rica earthquake, also known as the Limon earthquake or Bocas del Toro earthquake, occurred at 3:57 pm local time (21:56:51 UTC) on April 22. The epicenter of the 7.7 M w earthquake was in Pandora, Valle La Estrella , in the Caribbean region of Limon , Costa Rica , 225 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of San José .
An extensive police operation in Costa Rica on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between Ecuador and the ...
Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ˈtʃaβes ˈroβles]; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who is the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada. [2]