2020 in Costa Rica
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Events in the year 2020 in Costa Rica.
Incumbents
- President: Carlos Alvarado Quesada
- First Vice President: Epsy Campbell Barr
- Second Vice President: Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Events
- 2 February – 2020 Costa Rican municipal elections including 2020 San José mayoral election
- 4 February – A Costa Rican judge nullifies a same-sex marriage between two women and fires the Civil law notary who performed the marriage in 2015.[1]
- 7 February – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides US$4.1 million for Nicaraguan and Venezuelan asylum seekers in Costa Rica.[2]
- 15 February – Authorities in seize a record five tons of cocaine worth $130 million in the port of Limón.[3]
- 6 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica: The first case of COVID-19 in the country is confirmed. The individual was a 49-year-old American woman who had arrived on a flight from New York on 1 March and did not exhibit symptoms at the time. She was isolated in a San José lodging along with her husband who had also been in contact with infected persons in New York.[4]
- 13 March – COVID-19 pandemic: Leaders of Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic sign an agreement for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. It includes canceling the Costa Rican film festival.[5]
- 18 March – COVID-19 pandemic: An 87-year-old man becomes the first COVID-19 death in Costa Rica.[6]
- 28 March – Panama and Costa Rica fail in attempts to move thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia, and Haiti amassed in shelters as a precaution against COVID-19. Costa Rica has 295 confirmed cases and two deaths.[7]
- 26 May – Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica: Costa Rica becomes the first country in Central America to legalize same-sex marriage.[8]
- 28 May 28 – COVID-19 pandemic: Legislative leaders from Costa Rica meet with their counterparts from nine other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
- 24 August – A 6.2 M earthquake centered in Pochotal de Garabito, Puntarenas, is felt throughout the country. No damages are reported.[10]
- 15 September – Independence Day: Before a reduced crowd, President Carlos Alvarado praises health workers, "today's heroes".[11]
- 18 September – The government proposes a tax increase and austerity measures in order to get US $1.75 billion in aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[12]
- 15 December – Costa Rica builds an emission-free wooden ship capable of transporting 350 tons of cargo.[13]
- 16 December – COVID-19 pandemic: Costa Rica approves the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and hope to begin applications in the first trimester of 2021.[14]
- 23 December – “Afro-Latino Travels With Kim Haas,” a TV series honoring Afro-Latinos and highlighting Costa Rica, premiers on PBS.[15]
- 24 December – COVID-19 pandemic: Vaccination begins.[16]
Deaths
- 9 September – Henrietta Boggs, American-Costa Rican writer and socialite, former First Lady, subject of First Lady of the Revolution (b. 1918).[17]
- 9 October – Teresita Aguilar, 87, politician, Deputy (2005–2006).[18]
- November 29 – José Rafael Barquero Arce, 89, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (1980–2007).[19]
See also
References
- ^ Marriage annulled between two women in Costa Rica (in Spanish) CNN en Español, 4 Feb 2020, Retrieved 9 Feb 2020
- ^ Juan Carlos Paz (8 February 2020). "ACNUR asigna US$ 4,1 millones para atender a nicaragüenses y venezolanos solicitantes de asilo en Costa Rica" [OHCHR allocates US $ 4.1 million to serve 87,190 Nicaraguans (80%) and Venezuelans (7%) seeking asylum in Costa Rica]. CNN en Español (in Spanish).
- ^ 'Historic seizure': Costa Rica breaks record with five-ton cocaine bust by Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Feb 2020
- ^ "Costa Rica reporta primer caso de coronavirus en Centroamérica en una turista estadounidense". www.americaeconomia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ Central America agrees to regional plan vs. coronavirus; Costa Rican film festival suspended AFP and The Tico Times, 13 Mar 2020
- ^ "Confirman primera muerte por COVID-19 en Costa Rica | Crhoy.com". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ Migrants in Central American limbo as coronavirus relocation plans falter By Alvaro Murillo, Reuters, 28 March 2020
- ^ Harmeet Kaur (26 May 2020). "Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage". CNN. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Parlamentarios de América Latina intercambiarán propuestas para contener el coronavirus en la región". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ "Se registra sismo de 6.2 grados en Costa Rica". www.msn.com. 24 Horas. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "El presidente de Costa Rica destaca a los héroes de la salud en el Día de la Independencia". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. September 15, 2020. Retrieved Sep 15, 2020.
- ^ "Costa Rica propone más impuestos y austeridad en negociación con FMI". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Reuters. Retrieved Sep 18, 2020.
- ^ "Zero-emission wooden cargo ship takes shape in Costa Rica". msn.com. AFP. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Costa Rica y Panamá aprobaron el uso de emergencia de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Afro-Latinos in Latin America, Caribbean is the focus of this travel show". NBC News. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Latin American countries begin COVID vaccine roll-outs". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Murió la exprimera dama Henrietta Boggs (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece a los 87 años Teresita Aguilar, presidenta del Conapam (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere monseñor José Rafael Barquero, obispo emérito de Alajuela (in Spanish)
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