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Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, sharing a maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi); the capital and

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"The Costa Rican incident [about a crucifix at Hospital México] is reminiscent of the well-known European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) case “,” decided on March 18, 2011. In that case, the ECHR’s Grand Chamber decided that displaying crucifixes in classrooms in Italy did not violate the freedom of religion or belief of non-Catholics since a crucifix on a wall is a “passive symbol” and does not function as a tool for proselytization."

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