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On 1 December 1948, the President of Costa Rica, José Figueres Ferrer, abolished the Costa Rican military after winning the Costa Rican Civil War. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In a ceremony at the national capital of San José , Figueres symbolically broke a wall with a mallet , symbolizing an end to the military's existence. [ 4 ]
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The Ministry of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio de la Presidencia) is a ministry of the Republic of Costa Rica created on 24 December 1961 through Law 2980. Its work prescribed by law consists in providing support to the President of the Republic, serving as a liaison between the Presidency and the other branches of government, civil society and the various ministries.
Airport name Notes Ref Bulgaria: Varna: Varna Airport: Terminated: Costa Rica: San José: Juan Santamaría International Airport: Cuba: Havana: José Martí International Airport: Santa Clara: Abel Santamaría Airport [7] Varadero: Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport: Seasonal: Dominican Republic: Punta Cana: Punta Cana International Airport ...
Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010.
On January 16, 1990, SANSA Flight 32 crashed into the Cerro Cedral, a mountain in Costa Rica, after takeoff from Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José. All 20 passengers and 3 crew on board died in the crash.
The first institution dedicated to higher education in Costa Rica was the University of Saint Thomas (Universidad de Santo Tomás), which was established in 1843.That institution maintained close ties with the Roman Catholic Church and was closed in 1888 by the progressive and anti-clerical government of President Bernardo Soto Alfaro as part of a campaign to modernize public education.
An office of the Ministry of Finance. The agency was established on 14 October 1825 by executive decree LV. The name of the ministry was changed as Ministry of Economy and Finance as a result of new objectives and functions.