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Costa Rican nationality law. Costa Rican nationality law is regulated by the Options and Naturalizations Act ( Spanish: Ley de Opciones y Naturalizaciones ), which was originally named the Immigration and Naturalization Act and established under the 1949 Constitution. [1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a citizen of Costa Rica.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Costa Rica since May 26, 2020 as a result of a ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice. Costa Rica was the first country in Central America to recognize and perform same-sex marriages, the third in North America after Canada and the United States, [1] and the 28th to do so worldwide.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Costa Rica have evolved significantly in the past decades. Same-sex sexual relations have been legal since 1971. [1] In January 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights made mandatory the approbation of same-sex marriage, adoption for same-sex couples and the removal of people's sex ...
Costa Rica is divided into: 7 provinces. 82 cantons. 492 districts. The most recent decree to this subdivision corresponds to N°41548-MGP from 28 January 2019. [2] All entities are numbered, the provinces get 1 digit, the cantons 3 digit with the first being the number of the province, the districts get 5 digits with the first 3 being the ...
A cédula de identidad ( Spanish ), also known as cédula de ciudadanía or Documento de identidad (DNI), is a national identity document in many countries in Central and South America. In certain countries, such as Costa Rica, a cédula de identidad is the only valid identity document for many purposes; for example, a driving license or ...
The National Archives of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica) is a decentralized institution of the Ministry of Culture and Youth. It is the governing body of the National Archival System, which manages Costa Rica 's documentary heritage and collaborates in the control of the country's notarial activities.
Because of the lack of agreement on these two possible outcomes, the first civil war of Costa Rica occurred. The Battle of Ochomogo took place on the Hill of Ochomogo, located in the Central Valley in 1823. The conflict was won by the Republicans and, as a consequence, the city of Cartago lost its status as the capital, which moved to San José.
The Constitution of Costa Rica is the supreme law of Costa Rica. At the end of the 1948 Costa Rican Civil War, José Figueres Ferrer oversaw the Costa Rican Constitutional Assembly, which drafted the document. It was approved on 1949 November 7. Several older constitutions had been in effect starting from 1812, with the most recent former ...