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Published Wednesday, January 20, 2021
U.S. Ambassador recognized for
her service to the country
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Sharon Day, Ambassador of the United States, received the Grand Cross Silver medal, for her services to the country at the end of her work in Costa Rica.
The Grand Cross of the National Order of Juan Mora Fernández is named after the first president of Costa Rica in 1985.
"I appreciate the farewell today at La Cancilleria (referring to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and I feel very honored to have received the decoration of the Juan Mora Fernández National Order in the degree of Grand Cross Silver Plate," Ambassador Day posted on her Twitter account. "I am leaving immensely satisfied knowing that I contributed to the strengthening of our friendship."
The recognition was given by President Carlos Alvarado at the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "The vision, drive and determination of Ambassador Day, who, from multiple fields, and with her style, managed to bring closer diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and the United States," Alvarado said.
The embassy will announce, within the next few days, who will be Joe Biden's new government representative in Costa Rica.
One of Ambassador Day's latest actions was last week when she and Rodolfo Solano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed an agreement in which Costa Rica agreed to share information on illegal excavations, robberies and trafficking of archaeological artifacts.
According to the embassy, with this agreement between both countries, a list of artifacts made with jade, gold, stone, bone, resin and shell from the pre-Columbian period that goes from 12,000 BC to the establishment of Hispanic culture in Costa Rica in 1,550 AD, will be created.
The list of registered artifacts will allow United States police forces to detect these pieces in case of possible smuggling or traffic crime and then return them to Costa Rica.
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