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2007 in Costa Rica
Summary
Events in the year
2007 in
Costa Rica
←
2006
2005
2004
2007
in
Costa Rica
→
2008
2009
2010
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
Other events of 2007
Timeline of Costa Rican history
Incumbents
edit
President
:
Oscar Arias
First Vice President
:
Laura Chinchilla
Second Vice President
:
Kevin Casas Zamora
(until 22 September)
Events
edit
February
edit
18 February – The
Costa Rican football team
won the
UNCAF Nations Cup 2007
on penalties after a 1–1 draw with
Panama
in the
Estadio Cuscatlán
in
San Salvador
,
El Salvador
.
[1]
May
edit
12 May – A
Kyrgyz
national surrendered to police after a siege at the
Russian
embassy in
San José
.
[2]
June
edit
7 June – In an effort to attract investment, Costa Rica switched its diplomatic recognition from the
Republic of China
(Taiwan) to the
People's Republic of China
.
[3]
17 June – The
Costa Rican football team
were eliminated in the quarter final of the
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
by
Mexico
, losing 1–0 after extra time in the
Reliant Stadium
in
Houston, Texas
.
[4]
October
edit
7 October –
Costa Ricans
narrowly approved the
Central America Free Trade Agreement
in a
referendum
with 51.6 percent of the vote.
[5]
11 October – Two days of torrential rain caused a
mudslide
in
Atenas
, leading to a number of deaths and substantial loss of property.
[6]
16 October –
Libya
,
Vietnam
,
Burkina Faso
,
Croatia
and
Costa Rica
were
elected
to the
United Nations Security Council
as
non-permanent members
.
[7]
November
edit
16 November –
Paulo Wanchope
, one of the country's most successful
footballers
ever, announced his retirement from the game.
[8]
References
edit
^
"
'Campeones'
". Archived from the original on 2008-07-12
. Retrieved
2008-03-10
.
^
"Costa Rica embassy drama ends".
bbc.co.uk
. 2007-05-12
. Retrieved
2008-03-10
.
^
"Taiwan loses Costa Rica's support".
bbc.co.uk
. 2007-06-07
. Retrieved
2008-03-10
.
^
Match report
[
permanent dead link
]
^
"Costa Rica Leader: Trade Pact Passes". Google News
. Retrieved
2008-03-03
.
^
"Torrential rain causes mudslide in Costa Rica". by
Tomasz Schafernaker
,
bbc.co.uk
. Retrieved
2008-03-10
.
^
"Libya secures UN council posting". BBC. 2007-10-16
. Retrieved
2008-03-03
.
^
"Wanchope announces retirement" Archived 2008-12-05 at the
Wayback Machine
MLS.com Retrieved on 16 November 2007