Costa Rica provides universal health care to its citizens and permanent residents. Both the private and public health care systems in Costa Rica are continually...

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...

The economy of Costa Rica has been very stable for some years now, with continuing growth in the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and moderate inflation,...

Costa Rica (UK: /ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə/, US: /ˌkoʊstə-/ ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country...

The politics of Costa Rica take place in a framework of a presidential, representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Executive power...

Indigenous people of Costa Rica, or Native Costa Ricans, are the people who lived in what is now Costa Rica prior to European and African contact and the...

president of Costa Rica in 1948, José Figueres announced that the nation's former military budget would be refocused specifically in healthcare, education...

the Constitution of Costa Rica abolishes Costa Rica's army as a permanent institution, making Costa Rica one of the first countries in the world to do so...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory...

list of hospitals in Costa Rica which are open and treating patients. Hospital San Juan de Dios, built in 1854 and partially rebuilt in 1995, 2004 and 2009...

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Costa Rica is often considered one of the best countries in Latin America at upholding Human Rights. It has been involved in the creation of international...

Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. It is one of the country's...

1990) served three terms as President of Costa Rica: 1948–1949, 1953–1958 and 1970–1974. During his first term in office he abolished the country's army...

public expenditure and revenue in Costa Rica is typical of a middle income country. According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2012, central government revenue...

database and endangering the country's healthcare system. June 30 – Hurricane watches are issued for Nicaragua and Costa Rica as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two...

Social Guarantees were a series of progressive political reforms made in Costa Rica in the 1940s for the benefit of the working classes. They came about as...

also instituted a national healthcare program. In education, he established the University of Costa Rica. To this day, Costa Rica has been well known around...

university in San José, Costa Rica. It is the largest and oldest private medical school in Costa Rica. Currently the main campus is located in the country's...

foreign aid organizations or the state government became involved in healthcare, Costa Rica's people managed their own health maintenance and protection. People...

Party (Spanish: Partido Integración Nacional) is a political party in Costa Rica. The party mainly endorses perennial candidate Dr. Walter Muñoz Céspedes...

a Costa Rican artist, politician, political activist, and member of the National Liberation Party (PLN). She served as the First Lady of Costa Rica from...

500 Healthcare Technology Companies of 2023 | The Healthcare Technology Report". Retrieved 2023-09-11. "Tebra announces opening of new Costa Rica Office"...

ransomware attack began against nearly 30 institutions of the government of Costa Rica, including its Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science, Innovation...

Calderonism or Calderonismo is a political and ideological doctrine of Costa Rica, which emerged in the 1940s under the leadership of caudillo Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón...

She was named a TED fellow in 2021. Chong Rodriguez is from San José, Costa Rica. She visited Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a high school student...

passports. In November 2023, Belize suspended diplomatic ties with Israel over its refusal to implement a ceasefire for the war in Gaza. Costa Rica was one...

presidency of Luis Guillermo Solís, the chief editor of the University of Costa Rica's newspaper Semanario Universidad, the Director of Communications at the...

Miranda studied at Liceo de Costa Rica (Costa Rica High School) in San José. He obtained a bachelor's in science and letters in 1942 before going to study...

Healthcare in Canada is delivered through the provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare. It is guided...