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unusual facts about President of Costa Rica



Big Four Bridge

In 1988 Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica, contacted Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson to inquire about buying the bridge to dismantle it and reassemble in Costa Rica, as he believed it would be cheaper to import the bridge than build a new one.

Southern Zone International Airport

The airport was a promise of current President Laura Chinchilla to boost the economic development of the region, and its construction is slated to start during her mandate (ending in 2014).


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Dennis Marshall

The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held on Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.

Manuel Argüello Mora

Orphaned at a young age, he was brought up by his uncle Juan Rafael Mora Porras, the president of Costa Rica between 1849 and 1859, and his historical novel La trinchera recounts Mora Porras' campaign against William Walker's forces in Nicaragua in 1856.

Oreamuno

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno served as president of Costa Rica on three occasions

Rafael Ángel Calderón

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, president of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994; son of the above

Singapore International Energy Week

Other energy leaders spoke as well, including Malaysia's Minister of Energy Peter Chin Fah Kui, Lao's Minister of Energy and Mines Soulivong Daravong, the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency Dr Adnan Z Amin, and the President of Carbon War Room (an independent non-profit organization focused on the global transition to a low carbon economy) and former President of Costa Rica Jose Maria Figueres.