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Gasolineras Uno's parent is Grupo Terra. On May 14, 2014, Uno expanded its operations in Central America through a joint venture with Danish firm Endofa . Their gas would be delivered ex-storage from Puerto Cortés , Honduras, via a multi-truck setup with a flow-metered mobile pumping unit to ports on the entire coast.
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 ...
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Almost all of Costa Rican territory was inhabited before the arrival of the Spanish. The Huetars lived in this area. In 1924, a young German installed the first banana plantation near the Pirrís River (also called the Parrita River) which encouraged migration of people from San José and Guanacaste .
Gandhi is a Costa Rican rock band, [1] formed in 1993, characterized for mixing diverse influences ranging from hard rock to Latin rhythms. Playing to audiences in Central America, Mexico, USA and the UK, sharing stage with Sting, Aerosmith and Deep Purple.
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [4] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the United We Can (UP) candidate, Martin Vargas Calderón, was elected mayor of the canton with 46.64% of the votes, with Kattia Chacón Rodríguez and Luis Mariano Vargas Rojas as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós (born 10 March 1911) is a former First Lady of Costa Rica and supercentenarian. She served as First Lady from 1962 to 1966 during the presidency of her husband, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich. Camacho Quirós is the oldest living person in Costa Rica and the oldest former First Lady in the world.
The article 75 of the Constitution of Costa Rica establishes Catholicism as the country's state religion making Costa Rica the only state in the Americas to do so. [note 1] Current debate about the issue and the passing toward a full secular state are in the public and political debate. This article is also the only one in the Title VI, only ...