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Plan
Seeks
To
Move
Costa
Rica's
Day
of
Independence
to
October
29
While
the
drums
of
independence
beat
on
September
15,
a
legislative
pan
states
that
the
true
date
of
independence
of
Costa
Rica
is
October
29.
The
plan
identifies
a
historical
mistake
that
the
country
actually
celebrates
the
date
of
Independence
of
Guatemala
and
not
that
of
Costa
Rica.
The
thesis
is
based
on
an
old
document
stored
in
the
National
Archives:
the
very
Act
of
Independence
of
Costa
Rica
was
signed
on
October
29,
1821
in
the
city
of
Cartago.
Professor
Miguela
Rojas
Jimenez,
a
playwriter
and
history
researcher,
is
behind
the
move
to
correct
the
mistake
and
has
the
support
of
at
least
59
signatures
of
Costa
Ricans
and
from
the
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
herself,
stating
in
2007
while
vice-president
in
the
Arias
administration,
defending
the
validity
of
the
October
29
date.
Jimenez
says
he
is
tired
of a
celebration
that
"has
nothing
to
do
with
us".
The
professor
said
the
error
can
be
simply
corrected
with
the
passing
of a
law.
Supporting
the
plan
is
Virginia
Chacon,
director
of
the
National
Archives,
who
by
was
of a
press
spokesperson,
said
the
institution
is
analyzing
possible
legislation.
"This
is a
project
to
defend
the
agreement
that
was
made
in
Costa
Rica
on
October
29,
1821,
as
recorded
in
the
respective
minutes
of
the
City
of
Cartago,"
said
the
statement.
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