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Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [11] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...
Costa Rican nationality law. Costa Rican nationality law is regulated by the Options and Naturalizations Act ( Spanish: Ley de Opciones y Naturalizaciones ), which was originally named the Immigration and Naturalization Act and established under the 1949 Constitution. [1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a citizen of Costa Rica.
v. t. e. The following article lists the presidents and heads of state of Costa Ricasince Central Americanindependence from Spain. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation. Heads of state of Costa Rica (1824–1848)[edit] Liberal Conservative.
Hunter-gatherers. 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 ...
The Revista del Archivo Nacional (RAN) ("National Archive Magazine") is a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal. Founded by Ricardo Fernández Guardia in 1936, it is the second-oldest scientific publication in Costa Rica. It was first published online in 2018 and has published exclusively online since 2019. [8]
The Costa Rica Portal. Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: República de Costa Rica ), is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean ...
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.
Costa Rica has possessed multiple and very varied constitutional bodies. The Constitutional Assemblies of Costa Rica have been, in almost all cases, convened after a coup d'état or armed conflict, since it is the custom in Costa Rica that when a government is deposed, an Assembly will be convened to draft a new constitutional body that legitimizes the new regime.