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Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Marvin Rafael de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cordero (born 20 October 1960) is a Costa Rican politician, teacher and labor union leader who served as the Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. Son of Danilo Rodríguez Blanco and Rafaela Cordero Barquero, farmers without studies, Rodriguez entered the Colegio Técnico Profesional Agropecuario (Agricultural Technical Professional School) at the age of 14 while working in farming alongside his father. He participated in various communal activities including the presidency of the Integral Development Association of La Esperanza de Paquera at 18 years of age. In addition to serving as an educator, Rodríguez was Secretary General of the Costa Rican Education Workers Union (SEC), which together with other teachers' unions organized the general strike of educators that took place in 2014 right between the change of government of Laura Chinchilla Laura Chinchilla Miranda (; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Costa Rica
The 1949 Constitution of Costa Rica established two vice-presidencies of Costa Rica, which are directly elected through a popular vote on a ticket with the president for a period of four years, with no immediate re-election. There has been various incarnations of the office. Vice presidents replace the president in cases of temporary or permanent absence. History Throughout the history of independent Costa Rica, there have been different systems to cover the temporary or permanent absence of a president. Several different names have been used for this position: *From 1821 to 1824, the governing committee (junta) selected a vice-president. *From 1824 to 1841 there was a vice-head-of-state who was popularly elected. *From 1841 to 1842 there was a second-head-of-state, elected for life by popular vote. *From 1842 to 1844 there was a vice-head-of-state selected by the Constitutional Assembly. *From 1846 to 1847 there was a popularly elected vice-head-of-state. *From 1847 to 1848 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Guillermo Solís
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (; born 25 April 1958) is a Costa Rican politician and educator who was the 47th President of Costa Rica from 2014 to 2018. He is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC). Solís led the field in the 2014 presidential election, and won the presidency in a landslide election, earning more votes than any presidential candidate in the history of the nation. Solís has a long academic and political career, culminating in his election as the first President of Costa Rica to be a member of the PAC. Since May 2017, Luis Guillermo Solis has been under fire after a report accused him of corruptly expediting the legal process of Chinese cement imports in favor of businessman and owner of Sinocem, Juan Carlos Bolaños, in a case known as ''Cementazo''. In May 2018 the Public Prosecutor of Costa Rica dismissed the charges against him. Early life, education, and academic career Solís was born in San José, Costa Rica, to Vivienne Rivera Allen, an educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica) Politicians , or Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, in the Philippines
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Citizens' Action Party may refer to: * Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica) * Citizens' Action Party (Nicaragua) *Akbayan The Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, better known as Akbayan (), is a Social democracy, social democratic and Progressivism, progressive List of political parties in the Philippines, political party in the Philippines. The party is noted as a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1960 Births
It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * January 1 – Cameroon becomes independent from France. * January 9– 11 – Aswan Dam construction begins in Egypt. * January 10 – British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan makes the "Wind of Change" speech for the first time, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana). * January 19 – A revised version of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan ("U.S.-Japan Security Treaty" or "''Anpo (jōyaku)''"), which allows U.S. troops to be based on Japanese soil, is signed in Washington, D.C. by Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The new treaty is opposed by the massive Anpo protests in Japan. * January 21 ** Coalbrook mining disaster: A coal mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nación (Costa Rica)
''La Nación'' is a Costa Rican newspaper. It is published in San José, Costa Rica. The newspaper is a general purpose newspaper, and circulates daily all year long, except on three Costa Rican holidays, Good Friday and the following Saturday, and the day after the New Year's Day. History ''La Nación'' was founded on October 12, 1946, by Sergio Carballo Romero as director, Ricardo Castro Beeche as manager, and Jorge Salas heading the administration. The first reporters were Adrián Vega Aguiar, Salvador Lara, Eduardo Chavarría, Federico González Campos, Claudio Ortiz Oreamuno and Joaquín Vargas Gené. The newspaper was born during the confusion and political unrest caused by lingering electoral fraud, corruption scandals, government repression and street violence against the opposition, with the participation of the Costa Rican communist movement, that at the time was an ally to the Picado administration. Less than two year later after the foundation of ''La Nación' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Costa Rican General Election
General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada from the progressive Citizens' Action Party, gaining 24% and 21% of the votes respectively. As no candidate received more than 40% of the first round vote, a second round run-off election was held on 1 April 2018 and was won by Carlos Alvarado Quesada, with a landslide victory of 60.6% of the vote. The previously dominant National Liberation Party suffered its worst results to date, ending third in the presidential run for the first time in its history with its candidate former Legislative Assembly President Antonio Álvarez Desanti winning only 18%. Other notable candidates were lawyer and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario Extra (Costa Rica)
''Diario Extra'' is a tabloid newspaper in Costa Rica, established in 1978 and the first issue was released on September 18 of that year. Diario Extra is part of Grupo Extra, which also included Extra TV (channel 42) and Radio América. Overview ''La Extra'' is one of the most highly read newspapers in Costa Rica, having the largest number of copies printed daily in the country. It is notable for its use of red ink in headlines and for its inclusion of more left-wing political voices in its editorial section than other Costa Rican newspapers. Its candid writing style has given it a wide following among working-class readers in Costa Rica. Most of its pages are filled with short, sensationalistic news items. Often, images of graphic, disturbing scenes are displayed on the front page, such as photographs of fatal accidents. Some of its reporters use slang understandable only to the Costa Rica population. Nevertheless, the paper also conducts serious investigative reporting and feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Chinchilla
Laura Chinchilla Miranda (; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican political scientist and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the governing PLN candidate for president in the 2010 general election, where she won with 46.76% of the vote on 7 February. She was the eighth woman president of a Latin American country and the first and so far only woman to become President of Costa Rica. She was sworn in as President of Costa Rica on 8 May 2010. After leaving office, she taught at Georgetown University in 2016. Chinchilla is co-chair of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank and the vice-president of Club de Madrid. Chinchilla previously served as a Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service. Early life Laura Chinchilla was born in the Desamparados district of San José, the oldest child of her family with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (; born 14 January 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist, and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica), Citizens' Action Party (PAC), he previously served aMinister of Labor and Social Securityunder President Luis Guillermo Solís. Alvarado, who was 38 years old at the time of his presidential inauguration, became the youngest serving Costa Rican president since Alfredo González Flores, who took office in 1914 at the age of 36. Education Alvarado holds a bachelor's degree in Keneth Arias Medina School and a master's degree in political science from the University of Costa Rica. He was a Chevening Scholarship, Chevening Scholar from 2008 to 2009, earning a master's degree in development studies from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in Falmer, England. Personal life Alvarado was born into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La República (Costa Rica)
''La República'' () is a national daily newspaper in Costa Rica published in San José. History The paper is known for investigative reporting, including stories on a plane crash involving former CIA Chief Stansfield Turner and the selling of fake COVID-19 tests to tourists. In 2013, ''La República'' began charging for online subscriptions to access their website. See also * List of newspapers in Costa Rica This is a list of newspapers in Costa Rica. Newspapers * '' The Costa Rica News'', daily, in English * '' The Costa Rica Star'', online newspaper, in English * '' Diario Extra'', daily, in Spanish; tabloid press; the country's principal newspap ... * List of mass media in Costa Rica References Organizations based in San José, Costa Rica Newspapers published in Costa Rica {{Newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
The Citizens' Action Party (; commonly abbreviated as PAC) is a political party in Costa Rica. Its platform is based on encouraging citizen participation and involvement in politics. One of its guiding ideals is to fight against corruption, arguing that it is one of the main causes of underdevelopment and voter apathy. The party took a leading role in the failed campaign against Costa Rica's membership of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. History and elections Founding and 2002 election PAC was founded in December 2000 by several dissidents from Costa Rica's two traditional parties, the National Liberation Party and the Social Christian Unity Party. Originally an anti-corruption party, it startled the Costa Rican political arena with a very strong showing in the 2002 general elections. In the presidential vote, party founder and candidate Ottón Solís was able to secure 26% of the votes – an unprecedented amount for a third party in Costa Rica – and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
