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Costa Rica gained election as president of the Group of 77 in the United Nations in 1995. That term ended in 1997 with the South-South Conference held in San Jose. Costa Rica occupied a nonpermanent seat in the Security Council from 1997 to 1999 and exercised a leadership role in confronting crises in the Middle East and Africa, as well as in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Costa Rica. ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica (Spanish) ... This page was last edited on 9 December 2024, ...
The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic (Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower-level administrative units.
21 October – The Tico Times reports that freedom of expression and press freedom in Costa Rica has grown more restricted, according to the Chapultepec Index of the Inter American Press Association. The country falls to tenth place on the index, from a ranking of seventh in 2023, and fifth in 2022. [3]
This is a list of Latin American and Caribbean countries by gross domestic product (nominal) in USD according to the International Monetary Fund's estimates in April 2024 World Economic Outlook database. Cuba is not included in the list due to lack of economic data.
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) [a] is a bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states, consisting of 33 countries, and has five official working languages. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is seen as an alternative to the Organization of American States (OAS), and includes all OAS member states (except the United States and Canada ...
Costa Rica. San Jos ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish) This page was last edited on 26 January 2025, at 19:44 (UTC). ...