The prohibition was officially recognized as unconstitutional in April 2003, allowing Óscar Arias to run for President a second time in the 2006 Costa Rican presidential elections, which he won with approximately a 1 % margin.

With a $ 1. 92-billion-a-year tourism industry, Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 1. 9 million foreign visitors in 2007, thus reaching a rate of foreign tourists per capita of 0. 46, one of the highest in the Caribbean Basin, and above other popular destinations such as Mexico ( 0. 21 ), Dominican Republic ( 0. 38 ), and Brazil ( 0. 03 ).

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war in that year.

On Jan. 1 2008 Costa Rica started its third year term on the Security council.

Costa Rica maintained official relations with the Republic of China ( commonly known as " Taiwan ") instead of the People's Republic of China ( commonly known as " China ") until June 1, 2007, when it opened relations with China.

* September 1 – José María Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic ( d. 1892 )

* December 1 – José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica, making it the first country in history to do so

Tourism is distributed between the Ionian coast ( Costa Jonica ), the Tyrrhenian coast ( the Costa Viola, Purple Coast ) and the Aspromonte mountain behind the city, containing the natural reserve of the Aspromonte National Park where, at 1, 300-1, 950 metres above sea level, there is a panoramic view of the Strait of Messina from the snowy mount Etna to the Aeolian Islands.

At first race cars would compete in areas around the city, Polana and along the marginal but as funding and interest increased, a dedicated race track was built in the Costa Do Sol area along and behind the marginal with the ocean to the east with a length of 1, 5 kilometers.

The second-largest exporting country is Vietnam, with 13. 6 %, followed by Indonesia ( 5. 8 %) and Costa Rica ( 2. 1 %).

Knightsen, California is a small unincorporated community of 1, 568 residents and 1, 500 horses in far eastern Contra Costa County, California in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area closest to Oakley, California.

The racial makeup of Port Costa was 172 ( 90. 5 %) White, 2 ( 1. 1 %) African American, 2 ( 1. 1 %) Native American, 7 ( 3. 7 %) Asian, and 7 ( 3. 7 %) from two or more races.

* Fabrizio Ciano, 3º Conte di Cortellazzo e Buccari ( Shanghai, 1 October 1931 – San José, Costa Rica, 8 April 2008 ), married to Beatriz Uzcategui Jahn, without issue.

When the Costa Rican government defaulted on its payments in 1882, Keith had to borrow £ 1. 2 million from London banks and from private investors in order to continue the difficult engineering project.

Upon the American INvasion of Puerto Rico, 10 US dollars were needed to buy 1 Puerto Rican peso.

* Baver, Sherrie L. " Development of New York's Puerto Rican Community ", Bronx County Historical Society Journal 1988 25 ( 1 ): 1 – 9

* On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists staged an attempted assassination on U. S. President Harry S. Truman.

Among the Hispanic population, 18. 1 % are Mexican, 1. 9 % Salvadoran, 1. 3 % Guatemalan, and 0. 7 % Puerto Rican.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28, 789 persons ( 27. 3 %); 21. 2 % of Fairfield is Mexican, 1. 1 % Puerto Rican, 1. 0 % Salvadoran, 0. 5 % Nicaraguan, 0. 3 % Guatemalan, 0. 2 % Cuban, and 0. 2 % Peruvian.

The racial makeup of Stanislaus County was 337, 342 ( 65. 6 %) White, 14, 721 ( 2. 9 %) African American, 5, 902 ( 1. 1 %) Native American, 26, 090 ( 5. 1 %) Asian ( 1. 5 % Indian, 1. 1 % Filipino, 0. 7 % Cambodian, 0. 5 % Chinese, 0. 3 % Vietnamese, 0. 3 % Laotian, 0. 1 % Japanese, 0. 1 % Korean, 0. 1 % Cambodian ), 3, 401 ( 0. 7 %) Pacific Islander, 99, 210 ( 19. 3 %) from other races, and 27, 787 ( 5. 4 %) from two or more races ; Hispanic or Latino of any race were 215, 658 persons ( 41. 9 %); 37. 6 % of Stanislaus County is Mexican, 0. 6 % Puerto Rican, 0. 5 % Salvadoran, 0. 2 % Nicaraguan, and 0. 2 % Guatemalan.

Edwin " El Chapo " Rosario ( March 15, 1963 – December 1, 1997 ) was a Puerto Rican boxer.

Bacteria in the colon ( large intestine ) can produce a range of vitamin K < sub > 2 </ sub > forms, and can also convert K < sub > 1 </ sub > into K < sub > 2 </ sub > ( MK-7 homolog ).

It has been reported that MK7 may be converted from phylloquinone ( K < sub > 1 </ sub >) in the colon by E-coli bacteria.

The colon is used in mathematics, cartography, model building and other fields to denote a ratio or a scale, as in 3: 1 ( pronounced “ three to one ”).

Where the context makes the meaning clear, a ratio in this form is sometimes written without the 1 and the colon, though, mathematically, this makes it a factor or multiplier.

* On October 1, 1998, Strawberry was diagnosed with colon cancer.

In 2008, Aquino was diagnosed with colon cancer from which she died on August 1, 2009.

Maßstab ( English: " measure ") is the proportion, with a colon, as in the corresponding terms " 1: 43 ", " 1: 87. 1 ", and " 1: 220 ".

Persons without colon cancer average 1. 97 milligrams per liter.

The American Cancer Society " Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer " recommend, beginning at age 50, both men and women follow one of these testing schedules for screening to find colon polyps and cancer: 1.

To prevent one cancer death, 1, 250 colonoscopies need to be performed, but perforation of the colon occurs at a rate of about 1 in 1000 procedures.

Thus, resveratrol ( 1 mg / kg orally ) reduced the number and size of the esophageal tumors in rats treated with a carcinogen ; and in several studies, small doses ( 0. 02 – 8 mg / kg ) of resveratrol, given prophylactically, reduced or prevented the development of intestinal and colon tumors in rats given different carcinogens.

The starting date of fungal taxonomy had been set as January 1, 1821, to coincide with the date of the works of the ' father of mycology ', Swedish naturalist Elias Magnus Fries, which meant the name required sanction by Fries ( indicated in the name by a colon ) to be considered valid, as Bulliard's work preceded this date.

The duodenum is the most common location ( 14 %) followed by the colon ( 5 %), surgical anastamoses ( 5 %), the jejunum ( 1 %) and the esophagus ( 1 %).

The authors suggested that intake of an additional 1, 000 international units ( IU ) ( or 25 micrograms ) of vitamin D daily reduced an individual's colon cancer risk by 50 %, and breast and ovarian cancer risks by 30 %.

Yma Sumac died on November 1, 2008, aged 86 at an assisted-living home in Los Angeles, nine months after being diagnosed as having colon cancer.

Between 1995 & 1998, smaller, brass 1, 5 and 10 colon coins were introduced and coins for 25, 50 & 100 colones were added.

Coins of 1 colon are no longer found in circulation.

Some 1, 5, 10 and 20 colon notes ( unsigned and undated ) were released in 1963 when the bank celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Further, about 1 in 10 patients will not have a complete right colon ( cecum ) evaluation completed with conventional colonoscopy.