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GovernmentConventional Long Form Name of country- Republic of Costa Rica Capital City- San Jose Type of Government- Federal Presidential Republic Independence 15 September 1821 (from Spain) National Holiday- Independence Day September 15 (1821) |
Head of Government /Chief of State, President Luis Guillermo SOLIS Rivera
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Description of Executive Branch/Powers
Location of their embassy in the U.S. -2114 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Locations of their consulates in the U.S- Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tampa (FL), Washington DC
Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Ambassador Stafford Fitzgerald HANEY
Locations of U.S. consulates- Calle 98 Via 104, Pavas, San Jose
- president and vice presidents directly elected on the same ballot by modified majority popular vote for a 4-year term
- unicameral Legislative Assembly (57 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 7 provinces - by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
- Suffrage (who is allowed to vote) 18 years of age
- Supreme Court of Justice (consists of 22 judges organized into 3 cassation chambers each with 5 judges, and the Constitutional Chamber with 7 judges)
Location of their embassy in the U.S. -2114 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Locations of their consulates in the U.S- Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tampa (FL), Washington DC
Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Ambassador Stafford Fitzgerald HANEY
Locations of U.S. consulates- Calle 98 Via 104, Pavas, San Jose
Issues?
Descriptions of International Disputes
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons stateless persons: 1,806 (2015)
Quantity of Stateless Persons Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country
- Costa Rica and Nicaragua regularly file border dispute cases over the delimitation of the San Juan River and the northern tip of Calero Island to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- in 2009, the ICJ ruled that Costa Rican vessels carrying out police activities could not use the river, but official Costa Rican vessels providing essential services to riverside inhabitants and Costa Rican tourists could travel freely on the river
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons stateless persons: 1,806 (2015)
Quantity of Stateless Persons Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country
- costa Rica is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor
- Costa Rican women and children, as well as those from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and other Latin American countries, are sex trafficked in Costa Rica
- transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America
- illicit production of cannabis in remote areas
- domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine is rising