Mary Denisse Munive Angermüller (born 10 April 1981) is a Costa Rican physician and politician who is the Second Vice President of Costa Rica. She assumed office on 8 May 2022. [1] [2]
Costa Rica,officially the Republic of Costa Rica,is a country in the Central American region of North America. It borders Nicaragua to the north,the Caribbean Sea to the northeast,Panama to the southeast,and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest,as well as maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi). An estimated 352,381 people live in the capital and largest city,San José,with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.
Central America is a subregion of the Americas formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country,Belize. As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America,and comprises the following countries:Belize,Guatemala,Honduras,El Salvador,Nicaragua,Costa Rica,and Panama.
Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican politician and economist who served as the Vice-president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. She is the first woman of African descent to be vice president in Costa Rica and in Latin America.
The Pacific Alliance is a Latin American trade bloc,formed by Chile,Colombia,Mexico and Peru,which all border the Pacific Ocean. The alliance was formed with the express purpose of improving regional integration and moving toward complete freedom in the movement of goods,services,capital and people between the four member states. Together,these four countries have a combined population of more than 230 million people and make up roughly 35 percent of Latin American GDP.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday,2 February 2014 to elect a new president,two vice presidents,and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers. In accordance with Article 132 of the constitution,incumbent President Laura Chinchilla Miranda was ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.
Elizabeth Bernardita Fonseca Corrales was a deputy in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2010,representing San José. Fonseca holds a doctorate in History and American Society from the University of Paris. She was president of the Citizens' Action Party in 2010.
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.
The Progressive Liberal Party is a classical-liberal political party in Costa Rica.
Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre is a Costa Rican poet,writer,and educator. She is a five-time winner of the Aquileo J. Echeverría Award and received the Magón National Prize for Culture in 2013.
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,JoséMaría Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves Robles.
The Social Democratic Progress Party is a Costa Rican political party founded in 2018 and led by Rodrigo Chaves Robles and Pilar Cisneros Gallo.
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.
Stephan Lars Andreas Brunner Neibig is a Costa Rican politician and economist who is the First Vice President of Costa Rica. He assumed office on 8 May 2022.
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,the Ministry of Labor and Social Security,the Fund for Social Development and Family Allowances,and the Administrative Board of the Municipal Electricity Service of Cartago.
Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency is an international space exploration organization based in Mexico,comprising several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region. It was established in 2021 as part of the Latin American space race. According to its charter,its objective is to coordinate the space cooperation activities of Latin American and Caribbean countries for the peaceful use and exploration of outer space,the Moon and other celestial bodies.
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.
The following lists events of 2024 in Central America.
Events in the year 2024 in Costa Rica.
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