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Erick Corrales; Personal information; Full name: Erick Alberto Corrales Barrantes: Date of birth November 1, 1984 (age 40) Place of birth: Costa Rica: Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position(s) Forward: Team information
Playa Grande (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplaʝa ˈɣɾande], lit. "Big Beach"), also known as Salinas , is a beach community on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica just north of Tamarindo. [ 1 ] It is located inside the canton of Santa Cruz in Guanacaste Province .
On July 8, 1946, Costa Rica became part of the LDS Church's Mexican Mission. The first two missionaries , Robert B. Miller and David D. Lingard, arrived in Costa Rica on September 6, 1946. They presented Costa Rican president Teodoro Picado Michalski a copy of the Book of Mormon and began preaching in the country.
The Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores) is a far-left Trotskyist political party of Costa Rica.The party was founded on 1 May 2012 on the basis of the student organization Movement toward Socialism led by labor union leader and lawyer Hector Monestel, [1] and currently holds no seats in parliament nor municipal offices.
Costa Rica and The United States have maintained formal diplomatic relations since 1851. [2] The United States is Costa Rica's most important trading partner. [3] The two countries share growing concerns for the environment and want to preserve Costa Rica's tropical resources and prevent environmental degradation. In 2007, the United States ...
The Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (Spanish: Conferencia Episcopal de Costa Rica), consisting of the Bishops of Costa Rica, is a permanent institution, with the approval of the Holy See, to signify the collegial spirit and live, study and solve problems together ecclesial interest collaboration, and promote the greater good which the Church seeks to humanity, through the various means and ...
The president of the Republic of Costa Rica is the head of state and head of government of Costa Rica. The president is currently elected in direct elections for a period of four years, which is not immediately renewable. Two vice presidents are elected in the same ticket with the president. The president appoints the Council of Ministers. [4]
Postal codes in Costa Rica are five-digit numeric, and were introduced in March 2007; they are associated with and identify a unique district. The first digit denotes one of the seven provinces, the 2nd and 3rd refer to the 82 cantons (unique within the province), the 4th and 5th the 488 districts (unique within the canton). [2]