2024 in Costa Rica
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Events in the year 2024 in Costa Rica.
Incumbents
- President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
- First Vice President: Stephan Brunner
- Second Vice President: Mary Munive
Events
- 4 February – 2024 Costa Rican municipal elections.
- 22 May – Ligia Madrigal became the first Costa Rican woman and second Costa Rican person to climb Mount Everest. Costa Rican Warner Rojas climbed it in 2012.[1][2]
- 29 June – Culture Minister Nayuribe Guadamuz is dismissed for giving official backing for a pride parade in San Jose without authorization from President Rodrigo Chaves Robles.[3]
- 14 August – Five officials of the national child welfare agency are arrested on suspicion of trafficking migrant children for adoption.[4]
- 21 October – The Tico Times reports that freedom of expression and press freedom in Costa Rica has grown more restricted, according to the Chapultepec Index of the Inter American Press Association. The country falls to tenth place on the index, from a ranking of seventh in 2023, and fifth in 2022.[5]
- 25 November – A Cessna 206 crashes near Cerro Pico Blanco, killing all but one of its six occupants.[6]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[7]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 28 March – Maundy Thursday
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 11 April – Juan Santamaría
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 25 July – Guanacaste Day
- 2 August – Lady of the Angels Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day, Mother's Day
- 1 September – Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 2 November – Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos).[8]
- 1 December – Army Abolition Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
- ^ "Ligia Madrigal: The First Costa Rican Women to Conquer Mount Everest". The Tico Times. 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Warner Rojas, único tico en escalar el Everest, reacciona así a la "renuncia" de Daniel Vargas". La Teja. 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Mexico celebrates Pride as Costa Rica fires minister". France 24. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Costa Rica arrests 5 child welfare agency officials on charges they trafficked children for adoption". Associated Press. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Costa Rica Falls in Press Freedom Rankings Amid Rising Threats". The Tico Times. 2024-10-21.
- ^ "Costa Rican rescue teams find one survivor after plane crash leaves 5 people dead". Associated Press. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Costa Rica Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Make Traditional Pan de Muerto for Day of the Dead Celebrations". The Tico Times. 2024-10-31.