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Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) [ 1] is an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company [ 2] as well as a member of the Cummins ' board of directors. [ 3] He became an American citizen in 1977.
External videos. Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen (born 7 August 1956) is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, [ 1][ 2] six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. [ 3]
Luciana Alvarado Reid (born 16 September 2002) is a Costa Rican artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2019 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games. [2] [3] [4] She took the silver medal in the all-around at the 2021 Pan American Championships, earning a continental berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also became ...
Debi Nova. Deborah Nowalski Kader, better known by her stage name Debi Nova ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdeβi ˈnoβa] ), born August 6, 1980, is a Costa Rican singer-songwriter that is widely considered to be the most successful Costa Rican artist in the country's history. [1] Nova first started as a backing vocalist for Gandhi, [2] one of ...
Joaquín Gutiérrez Mangel (30 March 1918 – 16 October 2000) was a Costa Rican writer who won multiple awards, and whose children's book Cocorí has been translated into ten languages. In addition to writing children's books, Gutiérrez was a chess champion, war correspondent, journalist, story-teller, translator, professor, and communist ...
15. (13) 2002–2021. Costa Rica. 112. (36) *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:37, 21 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2021. Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo saβoˈɾi.o]; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican former professional ...
Giannina Facio. Giannina Facio, Lady Scott (born Giannina Facio Franco; September 10, 1955), is a Costa Rican actress who has appeared in a number of films, especially those of her husband, British film director and producer Sir Ridley Scott. She first worked with Scott on White Squall and has been his partner since Hannibal.
University of Costa Rica (no degree) Ohio State University ( BS, MA, PhD) Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles ( Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ˈtʃaβes ˈroβles]; born 10 June 1961) 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 ...