2024 in Costa Rica explained

Events in the year 2024 in Costa Rica.

See also: 2024 in Central America.

Incumbents

• President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
• First Vice President: Stephan Brunner
• Second Vice President: Mary Munive

Events

• 4 February – 2024 Costa Rican municipal elections
• 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.^[1]
• 14 August – Five officials of the national child welfare agency are arrested on suspicion of trafficking migrant children for adoption.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 25 November – A Cessna 206 crashes near Cerro Pico Blanco, killing all but one of its six occupants.^[4]

Art and entertainment

• List of Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

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• 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 (Spanish; Castilian: Día de los Muertos).^[6]
• 1 December – Army Abolition Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: 30 June 2024 . Mexico celebrates Pride as Costa Rica fires minister . 30 June 2024 . France 24 . en.
2. Web site: 15 August 2024 . Costa Rica arrests 5 child welfare agency officials on charges they trafficked children for adoption . 15 August 2024 . Associated Press . en.
3. Web site: Costa Rica Falls in Press Freedom Rankings Amid Rising Threats. 2024-10-21. The Tico Times.
4. Web site: 27 November 2024 . Costa Rican rescue teams find one survivor after plane crash leaves 5 people dead . 27 November 2024 . Associated Press . en.
5. Web site: Costa Rica Public Holidays 2024. 19 November 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
6. Web site: Make Traditional Pan de Muerto for Day of the Dead Celebrations. 2024-10-31. The Tico Times.