Government1 (Costa Rica)
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     Member of:
         AG (observer), BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
         IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES,
         LORCS, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL,
         WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Gonzalo FACIO Segreda; Chancery at Suite 211, 1825 Connecticut
         Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009; telephone (202) 234-2945 through 2947;
         there are Costa Rican Consulates General at Albuquerque, Houston, Los
         Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and San
         Juan (Puerto Rico), and a Consulate in Buffalo
       US:
         Ambassador Luis GUINOT, Jr.; Embassy at Pavas Road, San Jose (mailing
         address is APO AA 34020); telephone [506] 20-39-39 FAX (506) 20-2305
     Flag:
         five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double width), white, and
         blue, with the coat of arms in a white disk on the hoist side of the red
         band