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The Costa Rica News, daily, in English [1] The Costa Rica Star, online newspaper, in English; Diario Extra, daily, in Spanish; tabloid press; the country's principal newspaper by circulation; La Nación, daily, in Spanish [2] La Prensa Libre, daily, in Spanish; first newspaper founded in the country; La Republica, daily, in Spanish; La Teja ...
La República (English: The Republic) is a national daily newspaper in Costa Rica published in San Jos ...
This is a list of mass media in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is ranked fifth in the World Press Freedom Index (2021 edition). This ranking is prepared by the freedom of information organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and was published on April 20, 2021. In addition, at the continental level, Costa Rica is in first place among the American ...
The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 84 cantons (cantones), and 489 districts (distritos). [2]
Additionally, there is a section called Tia Zelmira (published only Fridays), which is a summary of the local "jet-set" activities (the "jet-set" in Costa Rica is often called "avioneta-set"). On May 31, 2023, Grupo Extra announced the closure of all of its operations, including Diario Extra, due to the country's "lack of economic reactivation ...
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [7] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the We Are Moravia Party (Spanish: Partido Somos Moravia; PSM) candidate, Diego Armando López López, was elected mayor of the canton with 45.36% of the votes, with Alejandra Hernández Novoa and Gerhard Phillip Hernández Padilla as ...
With the establishment of the republic and the declaration of Costa Rica as "free, sovereign and independent republic," the Political Constitution of the Reformed Costa Rica of 1848 was approved on 30 November Of that year, and according to Law No. 36 of 7 December 1848, the denominations of province, canton & district. [3]
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Ángela Ileana Aguilar Vargas, was elected mayor of the canton with 31.58% of the votes, with Víctor Andrés Sánchez González and Kenneth Armando Arguedas Navarro as first and second vice ...