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Beginning on the night (UTC-6:00) of April 17, 2022, a ransomware attack began against nearly 30 institutions of the government of Costa Rica, including its Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), the National Meteorological Institute, state internet service provider RACSA, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de ...
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 Feast of Our Lady of the Angels Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles: Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] August 15 Mother's Day: Día de la Madre: Also the Assumption of ...
The third great migratory wave of Jews occurred in the nineties, of Americans and Israelis who retired to spend their last years in Costa Rica. In 2013, the Costa Rican population was 4,870,000 and the Jewish population was estimated at about 2,000 individuals. [8] In 2020, the Jewish population of Costa rica was estimated at 2,500 individuals. [9]
The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras. It moved to its current location in 1950.
National Tertiary Route 310, or just Route 310 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Terciaria 310, or Ruta 310) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. [1] Description
Similar to other Central Banks in the world, the functions of Central Bank of Costa Rica include providing banking services to the Government of Costa Rica and financial institutions, issuing the domestic currency, regulating commercial banks and other financial institutions, providing economic advice to the Government, conducting research and ...
Costa Rica has no military but maintains a domestic police force and a Special Forces Unit as part of the Ministry of the President. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Costa Rica a "full democracy" in 2022. [3] [needs update] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices Costa Rica was in 2023 the most electoral democratic country in Latin ...
Costa Rica's official and predominant language is Spanish.The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish. Costa Rica is a linguistically diverse country and home to at least five living local indigenous languages spoken by the descendants of pre-Columbian peoples: Maléku, Cabécar, Bribri, Guaymí, and Buglere.