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  • President Barack Obama with President Laura Chinchilla (U.S. State Department)

    President Obama in Costa Rica

    President Obama met with President Chinchilla as well as heads of state of the other Central American countries. This was an opportunity to discuss our collective efforts to promote economic growth and citizen security.

  •  Multi-industry Trade Mission and Business Development Conference

    Trade Mission

    The U.S. Commercial Service is organizing a Certified, Multi-industry Trade Mission and Business Development Conference to Central America July 15-20, 2013...

  • Costa Rica - 2012 Human Rights Report

    Costa Rica - 2012 Human Rights Report

    Costa Rica is a constitutional, multiparty republic governed by a president and a unicameral legislative assembly directly elected in multiparty elections every four years...

  • A group of people sitting around a roundtable (U.S. State Department)

    Costa Rican correctional system

    Ambassador Andrew met with Minister of Justice Ferraro to discuss ongoing US support for improving the Costa Rican correctional system...

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  • A group of people sitting around a roundtable (U.S. State Department)
    We Are Real Partners

    Ambassador William Brownfield, visited Costa Rica, where he met with government representatives and announced the launch of a new effort to fight domestic violence in the country... 

  • Former U.S. Soccer Players Lead Special Program in Costa Rica(U.S. Statet Department)
    Former Soccer Players in Costa Rica

    Former U.S. National Soccer Team players Amanda Cromwell and Tracy Noonan are in Costa Rica developing a special program including sports clinics and motivational talks 

  • A group of people (U.S. State Department)
    Franklin Chang Scholarships

    Four students from Costa Rica’s Science High Schools were granted full scholarships that will allow them to experience of studying for one year at a high school in the United States 

  • A group people(U.S. State Department)
    Alumni clubs in Costa Rica

    The U.S. Embassy hosted a reception for four alumni clubs that include Costa Ricans who studied at Georgetown, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale... 

  • Embassy Employees Give the Gift of Life (U.S. State Department)
    Employees Give the Gift of Life

    Nearly fifty employees of the US Embassy in San Jose participated in a blood drive to benefit the blood bank of the CCSS... 

  • U.S. Marshals Conduct Training on Securing and Transferring Prisoners (U.S. State Department)
    U.S. Marshals Conduct Training

    A group of 60 officers from different Costa Rican law enforcement organizations participated in a special Embassy-sponsored training program on securing and transferring of detainees... 

  • 29th National English Teachers Conference (U.S. Statet Department)
    Reflecting on Learning to Learn

    The US Embassy was proud to participate in the 29th National English Teachers Conference, which took place from January 23-25. This year’s them was Reflecting on Learning to Learn