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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.
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 ...
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 Mestizos , other ethnic groups people of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian (predominantly Chinese) descent.
Her father, José Figueres Ferrer, was President of Costa Rica [11] three times. Figueres' mother, Karen Olsen Beck, served as Costa Rican Ambassador to Israel in 1982, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 1994. The couple had four children. Figueres' older brother José Figueres Olsen, was also President of Costa Rica ...
The Spaniards apart from the genetic make Costa Ricans have contributed to the culture of Costa Rica as associations and cultural centers, most are in San Jose. [7] Spain Costa RicaEmbajada de España en Costa Rica. Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social en Costa Rica. Asociación Española de Beneficencia. Casal Catalá. Club Campestre Español.
Jorge Gallardo (also known as the Artist of the People) was born in San Jose, Costa Rica on December 12, 1924. [1] He was an artist and writer who traveled the world to improve his styles and techniques.
Ibo Bonilla, known as “Professor Ibo”, was born in Sarchí, a town of Alajuela recognized as the cradle of Art in Costa Rica.He has traveled all around the world, carried out different jobs, and graduated in different professions: he is an Architect, Sculptor, Mathematic, and Pedagogue of the Costa Rica University, Technician in Management and Evaluation of Quality from the Polytechnical ...
Debi was born on 6 August 1980 in Escazú, San José, Costa Rica and is of Polish Jewish descent. [13] She is a second generation Costa Rican, as her grandparents immigrated to Costa Rica from Poland in the 1930s. [13] She started playing piano at age four, and played classical music for ten years.