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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Costa Rica</span>

The politics of Costa Rica take place in a framework of a presidential, representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and their cabinet, and the President of Costa Rica is both the head of state and head of government. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly. The president and 57 Legislative Assembly deputies are elected for four-year terms. The judiciary operates independently from the executive and the legislature, but is involved in the political process. Costa Rica has a strong system of constitutional checks and balances. Voting is compulsory de jure, but this is not enforced.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miguel Ángel Rodríguez</span> President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría is a Costa Rican economist, lawyer, businessman and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002. He was minister of planning from 1968 to 1970 and minister of the presidency in 1970 during the administration of Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez ; member of the board of the Costa Rican Central Bank from 1966 to 1969; congressman from 1990 to 1993, serving as president of the Legislative Assembly during the 1991 to 1992 period; and was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2004. He voluntarily stepped down from this post to return to his country to face allegations of financial wrongdoing during his presidential tenure in Costa Rica. On April 27 of 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but this ruling was later reversed in a December 2012 decision by an appeals court, which found him innocent of all charges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Costa Rica national football team</span> Mens association football team

The Costa Rica national football team represents Costa Rica in men's international football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUTBOL), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. It has been a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 1927, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) since 1961, and a member of the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) since 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBTQ rights in Costa Rica</span>

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Costa Rica have evolved significantly in the past decades. Same-sex sexual relations have been legal since 1971. In January 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights made mandatory the approbation of same-sex marriage, adoption for same-sex couples and the removal of people's sex from all Costa Rican ID cards issued since October 2018. The Costa Rican Government announced that it would apply the rulings in the following months. In August 2018, the Costa Rican Supreme Court ruled against the country's same-sex marriage ban, and gave the Legislative Assembly 18 months to reform the law accordingly, otherwise the ban would be abolished automatically. Same-sex marriage became legal on 26 May 2020.

Germán José Chavarría Jiménez is a retired Costa Rican football player who currently is an assistant coach for Herediano.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Religion in Costa Rica</span>

Christianity is the predominant religion in Costa Rica, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Catholicism is also the state religion, but the government generally upholds people's religious freedom in practice.

The 2009 Cinchona earthquake occurred at 1:21:35 pm local time on January 8 with an Mwc magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent). The shock took place in northern Costa Rica, 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northwest of San José and was felt throughout Costa Rica and in southern central Nicaragua.

Abortion in Costa Rica is severely restricted by criminal law. Currently, abortions are allowed in Costa Rica only in order to preserve the life or physical health of the woman. Abortions are illegal in almost all cases, including when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest and when the foetus suffers from medical problems or birth defects. Both social and economic factors have led to this legal status. It remains unclear whether abortions are legal to preserve the mental health of the woman, though the 2013 United Nations abortion report says Costa Rica does allow abortions concerning the mental health of a woman.

The following are the national public holidays of Costa Rica. Of the eleven days, nine are paid holidays and two are not.

Events in the year 2013 in Costa Rica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Alvarado Quesada</span> President of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022

Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist, and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), Alvarado previously served as Minister of Labor and Social Security during the presidency of Luis Guillermo Solís.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nature Air Flight 144</span> 2017 aviation accident

A Nature Air Cessna 208 Caravan crashed into terrain on 31 December 2017 shortly after takeoff from Punta Islita Airport in Nandayure, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, for a chartered domestic passenger flight to Costa Rica's capital San José killing all 12 people on board. The flight, with a planned duration of 40 minutes, was operated by Costa Rican regional airline Nature Air and the aircraft involved was a Cessna 208B Caravan manufactured in 2001. On board the aircraft were 10 passengers, mostly American tourists, and 2 pilots. An NTSB investigation later determined that the accident was caused by the aircraft entering an aerodynamic spin/stall that was the result of pilot error. Nature Air permanently ceased operations following the accident.

<i>To the Stars: Costa Rica in NASA</i> Book by Bruce James Callow and Ana Luisa Monge Naranjo

To the Stars: Costa Rica in NASA (2018) is a book by Canadian writer Bruce James Callow and Costa Rican writer Ana Luisa Monge Naranjo published by Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica. The book documents the lives of the Costa Ricans who have worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) up to the date of the book's publication.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 2022, to elect the president, two vice-presidents, and all 57 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 40% of the votes, a runoff was held on 3 April 2022, between the top two candidates, José María Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves Robles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Social Democratic Progress Party</span> Political party in Costa Rica

The Social Democratic Progress Party is a Costa Rican political party founded in 2018 and led by Rodrigo Chaves Robles and Pilar Cisneros Gallo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrigo Chaves Robles</span> President of Costa Rica since 2022

Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles is a Costa Rican politician and economist who is the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

Events in the year 2022 in Costa Rica.

The following lists events that happened during 2022 in Central America.

Events in the year 2023 in Costa Rica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 in Central America</span> Overview of Central America-related events during the year of 2024

The following lists events of 2024 in Central America.

References

  1. ↑ "Mexico celebrates Pride as Costa Rica fires minister". France 24. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Costa Rica arrests 5 child welfare agency officials on charges they trafficked children for adoption". Associated Press. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Costa Rica Falls in Press Freedom Rankings Amid Rising Threats". The Tico Times. 2024-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Costa Rican rescue teams find one survivor after plane crash leaves 5 people dead". Associated Press. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Costa Rica Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Make Traditional Pan de Muerto for Day of the Dead Celebrations". The Tico Times. 2024-10-31.
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