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  2. History of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    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 inspired arrows.

  3. Franklin Chang-Díaz - Wikipedia

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    STS-111. Mission insignia. 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.

  4. List of presidents of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    António Pinto Soares. (1780–1865) September 1842. Liberal. Came to power in popular uprising, and quickly resigned. 9. José María Alfaro Zamora. (1799–1865) 1842–1844.

  5. Juan Santamaría - Wikipedia

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    Juan Santamaría. Statue of Juan Santamaría in Alajuela. Juan Santamaría Rodríguez (August 29, 1831 – April 11, 1856) was a drummer in the Costa Rican army, officially recognized as the national hero of his country for his actions in the 1856 Second Battle of Rivas, in the Filibuster War. He died in the battle carrying a torch he used to ...

  6. Christiana Figueres - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    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 descendants of those peoples. About 114,000 indigenous people live in the country, comprising 2.4% of the total population. [1] Indigenous Costa Ricans strive to keep their cultural traditions ...

  8. Costa Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Costa RicansCostarricenses. Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses, colloquially known as Ticos) are the citizens of Costa Rica, a multiethnic, [3] Spanish-speaking nation in Central America. Costa Ricans are predominantly Castizos, other ethnic groups people of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian (predominantly Chinese) descent.

  9. Debi Nova - Wikipedia

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    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 Costa ...