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Sancho Panza (Spanish: [ˈsantʃo ˈpanθa]) is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit.
The Don Quixote play resumes ("Man of La Mancha" – first reprise). Quixote and Sancho have left the inn and encounter a band of Gypsies ("Moorish Dance") who take advantage of Quixote's naiveté and steal everything they own, including Quixote's horse Rocinante and Sancho's donkey Dapple. [25] Quixote and Sancho are forced to return to the inn.
1565 Province of Costa Rica created. 23 December 1786 Gobierno ('government') of Costa Rica established within Intendencia of León (see Nicaragua). 12 November 1821 Independence (Province of Costa Rica) 4 March 1824 – 15 November 1838 Constituent state of the Federal Republic of Central America. 8 September 1824 Free State of Costa Rica.
The oldest evidence of human occupation in Costa Rica is associated with the arrival of groups of hunter-gatherers about 10,000 to 19,000 years BC, with ancient archaeological evidence (stone tool making) located in the Turrialba Valley, at sites called Guardiria and Florence, with matching quarry and workshop areas with presence of type clovis spearheads and South American inspired arrows.
In 1813, the governor of Costa Rica, Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza, wrote to the president of the Audiencia of Guatemala a letter stating the scarcity of the population of Costa Rica (only 60,000 inhabitants), which prevented him from choosing a Deputy for the Cortes of Cádiz, proposing that the Nicoya party join Costa Rica to carry ...
The Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Costa Rica to the United States. It is located at 2114 S Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Kalorama neighborhood. [1] The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City. [2] The ambassador is Catalina Crespo ...
A Boyfriend's Presentation (Spanish: Te presento a mi novio, lit. ' I present to you my boyfriend ') is a 2019 Costa Rican comedy film directed, co-produced and edited by Soley Bernal from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Franco C. Orocu. [2]
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, Juan Diego González Picado, was elected mayor of the canton with 33.09% of the votes, with Pilar Porras Zúñiga and Diana Murillo Murillo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.