2007 in Costa Rica

none 2007 Events in the year 2007 in Costa Rica Incumbents President: Oscar Arias First Vice President: Laura Chinchilla Second Vice President: Kevin Casas Zamora (until 22 September) Events February 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.http://uncaf.net/portal/modules/copanaciones/item.php?itemid=5 'Campeones' 2008-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20080712190200/http://uncaf.net/portal/modules/copanaciones/item.php?itemid=5 2008-07-12 dead May 12 May – A Kyrgyz national surrendered to police after a siege at the Russian embassy in San José.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6648835.stm Costa Rica embassy drama ends bbc.co.uk 2008-03-10 2007-05-12 June 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6729035.stm Taiwan loses Costa Rica's support bbc.co.uk 2008-03-10 2007-06-07 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.Match reportSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes October 7 October – Costa Ricans narrowly approved the Central America Free Trade Agreement in a referendum with 51.6 percent of the vote.http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/08/1009570-costa-rica-leader-trade-pact-passes Costa Rica Leader: Trade Pact Passes Google News 2008-03-03 11 October – Two days of torrential rain caused a mudslide in Atenas, leading to a number of deaths and substantial loss of property.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/12102007news.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20071014084344/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/12102007news.shtml dead October 14, 2007 Torrential rain causes mudslide in Costa Rica by Tomasz Schafernaker, bbc.co.uk 2008-03-10 16 October – Libya, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Croatia and Costa Rica were elected to the United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7047627.stm Libya secures UN council posting BBC 2008-03-03 2007-10-16 November 16 November – Paulo Wanchope, one of the country's most successful footballers ever, announced his retirement from the game."Wanchope announces retirement" https://web.archive.org/web/20081205185131/http://www.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071116&content_id=129600&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp 2008-12-05 MLS.com Retrieved on 16 November 2007 References 2007 in