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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.
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 ...
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]
Celso Borges is Costa Rica's most capped international of all time with 163 caps. The Costa Rica national football team has represented Costa Rica in international football since 1921, when they played their first international, a 7–0 win over El Salvador in the Independence Centenary Games. Organized by the Costa Rican Football Federation, it joined FIFA in 1927 and CONCACAF in 1961 ...
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.
Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Footballers by city or town in Costa Rica (2 C) Costa Rica men's international footballers (2 C, 354 P)
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 ...
Later in Hollywood, he gained fame as a playboy, often invited to join the most famous people of the era like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Sammy Davis Jr. [citation needed] In 1969, at the age of 41, after having passed on the music and culture of Costa Rica throughout the world, Ray returned to Costa Rica to stay. He spent the next 38 ...