2021 in Costa Rica

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Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
January 30 – Tourism Minister Gustavo Segura predicts about one million tourists will visit Costa Rica in 2021, on par with the 1,011,000 in 2020 but sharply down from the 3,139,000 international visitors of 2019.^[1]
February 8 – Students return to live classes after suspension for the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]
March 28–April 3 — Holy Week^[3]
April 11 – Juan Santamaría Day, 165th anniversary of the hero′s death.^[3]
July 26 – Guanacaste Day, 197th anniversary of the annexation of Guanacaste Province.^[3]
August 15 – Mother's Day and Assumption of Mary.^[3]
September 20 – Independence Day, 206th anniversary of the Act of Independence of Central America.^[3]
December 1 – Army Abolition Day, since 1948.^[3]

March 20 – Bernal Jiménez Monge, 91, politician, president of the Legislative Assembly (1984–1985), MP (1982–1986, 2002–2006) and minister of economy and finance (1964–1965).^[4]

^ Murillo, Alvaro (January 30, 2021). "Costa Rica sees ailing tourist trade stagnant in 2021 after COVID-19 blow". msn.com. Reuters. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
^ "Costa Rica vuelve a clases presenciales tras suspensión por pandemia". msn.com. AFP. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Costa Rica Year Planner with 2021 Holidays". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
^ Murió expresidente del PLN, Bernal Jiménez (in Spanish)

Costa Rica’s ‘explosive’ debt crisis: All you need to know (by Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera, January 16, 2021)

Years in Costa Rica (1949–present)

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v t e 2021 in Central America
Sovereign states	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

v t e 2021 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Middle America	Mexico
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies not included. Semi-autonomous territories are in italics.