Since the abolition of the army, the country has only resorted to military forces on two occasions: in 1955 to prevent an invasion from Nicaragua by expatriates and with the support of the Somoza government, and in 1965 when it sent 21 policemen as part of the Inter-American Peace Force of the Organization of American States during the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic.

Between 1823 and 1870, Costa Rica experienced several political conflicts that were resolved militarily. During these years, armed groups were generally organized and then disbanded once the conflict was over. Nevertheless, in the main cities of the country there were different barracks and command posts in charge of maintaining order and where the army artillery was kept. At the end of the 19th century, the number of Costa Rican army contingents increased from around 15,000 in 1874 to around 50,000 in 1900.

On May 11, 1871, under the government of Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, the Military Code of the Republic of Costa Rica was issued. In this code, military crimes and the punishments imposed were enunciated and it was mentioned that the military courts were the ones to follow the cases with the exception of the punishment of death penalty or expulsion, which would be in charge of the War Council.1 On January 21, 1884, a new code was issued, which was repealed to reestablish the code issued in 1871. Between 1886 and 1900 other laws and military documents were approved.
Between 1884 and 1914, the Costa Rican army went through a process of institutionalization, during which a higher percentage of the government budget was allocated to the army for military instruction and payment of salaries. Despite this, starting in 1921, the central government began to allocate more money from its budget to education and health, and consequently, the army’s ranks were cut and more resources were allocated to the police. As a result, the army was weakened as a military institution.

Between 1946 and 1948, the Costa Rican armed forces were suffering a long process of weakening. They were without armaments, without an adequate organization, with economic difficulties that prevented them from carrying out their functions effectively, and with a weak investment by the central government.

Between the months of March and April 1948, the civil war broke out, caused mainly by the annulment of the 1948 elections by the Congress, which did not recognize the triumph of the opposition candidate Otilio Ulate Blanco. This led to the revolution that brought José Figueres Ferrer to power.

At the end of the civil war and when the Government Junta took power, Figueres found an army in total disorganization, without war materials, and the few weapons they had were useless and rather constituted a mock army and not a real military force. Thus, on December 1, 1948, he decided to dissolve the army in a symbolic act carried out at the Bellavista Barracks, where he demolished with a sledgehammer a battlement on the west wall of the barracks.

Abolition of the army

On October 11, 1948, José Figueres Ferrer, by means of Decree No. 749, abolished the army as a permanent institution. Consequently, and as the document indicates, “The Founding Board of the Second Republic officially declares the National Army dissolved, as it considers the existence of a good police force sufficient for the security of our country”.

In Act No. 178 of the new Political Constitution of October 31, 1949, appears the approval of constitutional article number 12, which suppresses the army as a permanent institution and creates the civil police to safeguard public order; this allowed using the budgets previously assigned to the army mainly for the development of the educational apparatus, and also, the Bellavista Barracks were transferred to the University of Costa Rica so that the National Museum could be installed there. When this Constitution came into force a few weeks later, the abolition of the army in the Costa Rican political system acquired constitutional rank.

On December 1, in a ceremony held at the Bellavista Barracks, attended by students, members of the diplomatic corps and national personalities, President Figueres knocked down a wall of a tower of the barracks with a sledgehammer, making public the decision of the government junta to abolish the army.

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Like the dean cantons of the country, the canton of San José was founded on December 7, 1848, however the population emerged around 1737. Throughout its history, as a city of strategic importance, it has been the capital of the Republic on three occasions and, at present, its center is an eminently commercial area that congregates more than 1 million people daily. The San José Metropolitan Area is made up of the other satellite districts of San José and 13 other cantons of the province, forming the Greater Metropolitan Area together with the conurbations of Cartago, Heredia and Alajuela.

San José stands out among Latin American cities for its high quality of life, safety, globalization, environmental performance, public services and recognized institutions (hospitals, museums, universities, etc.), being the sixth most attractive tourist capital of the region, leader in Central America. This has led to a multitude of international organizations and continental cooperation agencies establishing their headquarters or regional representations in the city, which combined with a powerful emerging economic activity (among the largest in the world), important stability and marked cultural, financial and touristic influence, allows it to be considered a global Beta-city according to GaWC1617 and Ibero-American Capital of Culture in 2006.

The name of the city comes in honor of Joseph of Nazareth, Catholic saint who fulfills the role of being the putative father of Jesus and husband of Mary. This is because the town was consecrated to the patronage of this religious figure around 1737. The city was originally known as La Boca del Monte or Villa de San José de la Boca del Monte, a designation that evolved to its current name.

In this way, and as it happened in all the basal provinces of Costa Rica, the name of the current city influenced the name of its province, so that nowadays both are called the same despite being totally different territorial entities.

Likewise, and due to the fact that the patron saint’s first name is José, the city receives the nickname Chepe, which is a linguistic deformation of the nickname Pepe, as well as its variants of San Chepe and Peche (the latter in Spanish), or other generational nicknames such as La tacita de plata or SanJo. Nowadays it is considered that its abbreviation is SJO, mainly due to the city brand.

The Costa Rican economy is the twelfth largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP),17 (after Uruguay and before Panama) and the twelfth largest in terms of GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) prices (after Panama and before Bolivia).18 Costa Rica has a per capita income of USD 13 192 GDP per capita at nominal prices and USD 18 660 GDP per capita PPP.192021

Poverty reduction stopped during the crisis of the 1980s, and stagnated at the end of the 1990s, ranging between 20 and 22% of the population. This stagnation began before the onset of neoliberal policies, which have opened up space for private activities at the expense of many of the services that were previously provided by public institutions. Although the economy and wealth have grown significantly, poverty has stopped decreasing because the models oriented to the creation of specialized employment exclude people without university or technical training. Economic growth has increased from 5.9% in 2005 to 8.8% in 2006 and 7.8% in 2007. Due to the economic crisis that affected the world since 2008, Costa Rica’s economy slowed its growth to 2.6% in 2008 and decreased in 2009 with a negative -1.1%. In 2010 growth was close to 4%, which shows a slight recovery from the economic recession and in 2011 growth is expected to be 4.5%. The high government deficit decreased during the 1980s and 1990s the amount of money allocated to maintain the quality of the country’s social services. The austerity policy enacted during the administration of Abel Pacheco de la Espriella, managed to reduce the deficit and even achieved a surplus in 2006 and 2007, due to low state investment and fiscal improvements.

The inflation rate was hovering around 22.5% in 1995, dropped substantially to 11.1% in 1997, 12% in 2005, 13.9% in 2008,22 until reaching 4.05% in 2009,23 rose again to 5.58% in 2010,24 oscillated between 3 and 5% between 2011 and 2013,2526 closing 2014 at 5.13%. 27 In 2015, the country experienced deflation for the first time in 40 years, closing the year at 0.83%,28 from which it began to recover in 2016, when it closed with inflation of 0.77%.29 In 2017, the indicator stood at 2.57% and,30 according to the Central Bank of Costa Rica, a similar rate was expected for 2018.31

Costa Rica has sought to expand its economic and trade ties, both within and outside the region.

Costa Rica has free trade agreements with the following countries. These entered into force on (see date):

Canada November 1, 2002.

Chile February 15, 2002.

People’s Republic of China August 1, 2011.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)¨ November 15, 2005.

Trinidad and Tobago 15 November 2005.

Guyana April 30, 2006.

Barbados August 1, 2006.

Belize March 10, 2011.

Jamaica May 1, 2013.

El Salvador Common market since 1963, relaunched on October 29, 1993.

United States January 1, 2009.

Guatemala Common market since 1963, relaunched on October 29, 1993.

Honduras Common market since 1963, re-launched on October 29, 1993.

Mexico January 1, 1995.

Nicaragua Common market since 1963, relaunched on October 29, 1993.

Panama July 31, 1973. Re-negotiated and extended on January 1, 2009.

Peru June 1, 2013.

Dominican Republic March 7, 2002, extended by CAFTA on January 1, 2009.

Singapore May 16, 2013.

European Union May 16, 2013.

It is also expected that in the near future the free trade agreements with EFTA and Colombia will be approved and, together with Panama, negotiations with South Korea will begin.

Functions

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica has, according to Article 102 of the Political Constitution of 1949, among some of its functions:

To call for popular elections.

• To appoint the members of the Electoral Boards.
• To interpret in an exclusive and obligatory manner the constitutional and legal dispositions referring to electoral matters.
• To hear on appeal the resolutions issued by the Civil Registry and the Electoral Boards.
• To investigate by itself or by means of delegates, and to pronounce with respect to any denunciation formulated by the parties on political partiality of the servants of the State in the exercise of their positions or on political activities of officials who are prohibited from exercising them.
• To dictate, with respect to the Public Force, the pertinent measures so that the electoral processes are carried out under conditions of unrestricted guarantees and freedom.
• Execute the definitive scrutiny of the votes cast in the elections of President and Vice President of the Republic, Deputies to the Legislative Assembly, members of the Municipalities and Representatives to Constituent Assemblies;
  To make the definitive declaration of the election of the President and Vice President of the Republic, within thirty days following the date of the voting and within the term determined by law.

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Costa Rica’s electoral system has some peculiarities that differentiate it from other electoral systems. It is based on the Political Constitution, the Electoral Code and (as far as it is concerned) the Municipal Code for the establishment of its legal regulations. Elections in Costa Rica are supervised by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which has the constitutional rank of the fourth power of the State, that is to say, independent from the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, something that is not common in all countries.

In Costa Rica all Costa Rican citizens have the right to vote at the age of 18 or one year after naturalization in the case of foreigners. The vote is secret, universal and (at least theoretically) obligatory, although this obligatory nature is not implemented in practice. Women’s suffrage was approved in 1949 and current legislation requires that all positions within party structures and candidacies be divided equally between men and women.

Because all Costa Ricans have the right to vote, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal places voting stations in each and every district of the country, no matter how far away they are, including Cocos Island, as well as homes for the elderly, indigenous territories, penitentiary centers and in the country’s diplomatic headquarters outside its borders. It also takes certain measures so that people with disabilities can vote, such as assisted voting and special accessibility means.

A total of 61,668 nationalized foreigners are registered to vote legally in the elections, of which 50.5% are Nicaraguans and 13.1% Colombians. Also some 31,864 Costa Ricans living abroad are registered to vote from the respective embassy or consulate, since voting abroad was approved in 2010.

Characteristics of the vote
The Costa Rican vote is universal, which means that any Costa Rican citizen over 18 years of age or naturalized (12 months after obtaining the respective letter) can vote with the only requirement of presenting their identity card to the Receiving Board. The only situation in which a Costa Rican would be prevented from voting is if he/she acquires the age of majority or nationality once the electoral roll is defined and cannot be changed, which happens twelve months before the elections. There is, however, the possibility of losing the right to vote for very specific crimes such as treason, but since no one has been convicted of treason since the 1949 Constitution has ever been applied and there are no records of anyone ever losing the right to vote for any of the few cases where it is so stipulated. The legislation does establish that it is forbidden to enter the polling place under the influence of alcohol or drugs or armed.

The vote is also secret. It is forbidden, for example, to bring cell phones, cameras or recording or photographic objects to the ballot box in order to prevent the recording of the voting process. If a vote is made public, it is annulled. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, particularly in the case of persons with disabilities who are unable to vote for physical reasons. Here it is possible for the vote to be semi-public or assisted; the person may be accompanied to the ballot box, or totally public in which case he/she indicates to the receiving table for whom he/she wishes to vote.

The vote is direct, that is, all votes cast are counted for the direct election of the political authorities, without the mediation of second degree voting or similar.

Voting in Costa Rica is also mandatory, as established in Article 93 of the Constitution:

ARTICLE 93.- Suffrage is a primordial and obligatory civic function and is exercised before the Electoral Boards in direct and secret voting, by the citizens registered in the Civil Registry.16
However, in practice there is no sanction for not voting and in fact abstentionism is relatively high, normally oscillating around 30%.

Registration is automatic, that is, it is enough to be a Costa Rican citizen to be registered by default. As soon as a person receives his or her identity card, either upon reaching the age of majority or one year after naturalization, the Civil Registry, which depends on the TSE, registers the person in the census.

Although the registration is automatic, the person’s voting center will be designated according to the address of residence given at the time of obtaining the ID card. Therefore, if you change your residence, leave the country or are sentenced to prison, you must change your voting address in order to be able to vote.

General information
The Costa Rican electoral system is a variant of the proportional system where candidates for deputies and councilmen are elected from closed lists by quotient, subquotient and residue. Those parties with more than 50% of the votes are distributed the first seats proportionally to the percentages received. The remaining seats are distributed according to the votes obtained by subquotient and residue.

For the president and vice-presidents the absolute majority voting system is used, the candidate who obtains at least 40% of the valid votes cast wins, otherwise a second round of elections is called two months later between the two most voted candidates. This has happened three times; in the 2002 elections, in the 2014 elections and in the 2018 elections.

For mayors there are no second rounds or minimum percentages to win, applying in those cases the uninominal majority scrutiny system since it is enough for a mayoral candidate to obtain even one more vote than his most immediate contender to win.

Each polling place receives 500 registered voters, and there are as many polling places as necessary per district. They open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. on election day. The voter’s photo is the same as that of the identity card and must be signed by the voter unless for reasons of health or disability he/she is unable to do so. The cédula must be valid less than twelve months prior to the election.

The Electoral Apparatus
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal is the highest authority in electoral matters in the country and there is no appeal to its decisions in electoral matters. Even though the Supreme Court of Justice does have the power to regulate the TSE in matters of constitutionality as it has done, for example, establishing that the realization of a referendum for same sex unions that the TSE had given course was unconstitutional.

The main functions of the TSE are to supervise the elections, ensure compliance with the electoral laws, respond to claims of nullity, serve as arbiter to guarantee the equality of the actors and the purity of the vote, formally call the elections, declaring the beginning and end of the campaigns,18 announcing the results and declaring the winners.

It is made up of three magistrates whose number increases to five during election time, and from which the president of the TSE is elected. The magistrates are elected by the Judicial Branch.

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But beyond the use of Spanish, the country presents an extraordinarily diverse linguistic panorama, since -despite its small geographic extension, its small population of more than 5 million inhabitants and sharing borders only with Hispanic neighbors- more than 10 languages can be counted that coexist in the nation, without counting hundreds of languages whose use is sporadic, as they are related to foreign communities that have migrated and settled in the territory.

In 2015 Costa Rica is officially recognized as a multiethnic and multicultural republic, extolling the Amerindian, European, African and Asian contribution that makes up the Costa Rican culture and is reflected in the diversity of languages present in the country. In terms of legislation, the greatest progress that has been made in this regard was the reform of Article 76 of its Political Constitution, which currently states that:
Spanish is the official language of the Nation. However, the State shall ensure the maintenance and cultivation of the national indigenous languages.
Indigenous languages
Five indigenous languages are currently spoken in Costa Rica, all of them belonging to the Chibcha family. These languages are the following:

Malecu: It is also known as Guatuso. It is spoken by about 800 people in the northwestern region of the province of Alajuela. This language, along with Rama belongs to the Vootic group of the Chibcha linguistic family.
Cabécar: It is spoken in the Talamanca mountain range and in the south Pacific region. It belongs, along with Bribri, to the Viceitic subgroup of the Chibcha linguistic family.
Bribri: It is spoken in the south of the Atlantic slope (province of Limón, in the Talamanca mountain range and in the South Pacific region. Together with Cabecar, it forms the Viceíta subgroup.
Guaymí: It is spoken in various indigenous territories located southeast of the province of Puntarenas, bordering Panama. Together with Bocotá, it belongs to the Guaymí subgroup of the Chibcha linguistic family.
Bocotá: It is spoken in the same territories as Guaymí, a language with which it is closely related.
Recently extinct indigenous languages
At the beginning of the 21st century, two indigenous languages became extinct:

Térraba: It was spoken in the Térraba indigenous reserve, southeast of Puntarenas province. It was actually a variety of Téribe, which is still spoken mainly in Panama.
Boruca: It was spoken in the reserves of Boruca and Curré, southeast of the province of Puntarenas.
Classification
The indigenous communities of Costa Rica, as mentioned, are usually classified into four subfamilies belonging to three linguistic families. Some of the languages are poorly documented, however, it appears that all documented languages can be classified with reasonable certainty. Where a language is extinct, it is indicated by the sign †. The table indicates the territories where the various languages were spoken, although the languages have now disappeared from many of the departments indicated.

Spanish

Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the country for socio-historical reasons related to the conquest and power groups. It is present in all cultural, political, academic and economic aspects of the country and is used in every social stratum of the nation.

The form of Spanish used in Costa Rica is very varied, with noticeable phonetic changes in each region of the country. The most recognized variant is the way of speaking in the Central Valley, where the majority of the population lives. This dialect is very different from that of the rest of Central America and shares many similarities with Colombian Bogota Spanish.

There are other variants of Costa Rican Spanish, mainly in the forms of speech of the border areas, in the dialect present in the Province of Guanacaste or in the form of Spanish used in the Province of Limón.

“Pachuco“.
Costa Rican street slang or argot is known as “pachuco”, a regional variation of Castilian Spanish influenced by words and expressions from English, French, the Malespin Code, Limonese Creole, traditional Castilian and other expressions in popular use in Costa Rica.

The Malespín Code was created by Salvadoran General Francisco Malespín during the Central American civil wars of the 19th century. For example: both the word “tuanis” (very well) and the word “brete” (work), both in daily use in Costa Rica, had their origin in this curious Malespín code, which simply consists of substituting a for e, i for o, b for t, f for g, p for m, and vice versa.

Limonese Creole

In the Caribbean area of the country, Limonese Creole is also spoken, which is a variety of English spoken in the English-speaking Caribbean. Limonese Creole has been popularly referred to as “patois” or mekatelyu. The latter name is a sort of onomatopoeia formed from the pronunciation of the phrase “Meik I tell yu somtin’ (May I tell you something)” in this variant of English.
Although this name is said to be the one given by the Limonenses themselves to their variety of English, it was apparently proposed from linguistic studies in the years. It is assumed that “May I tell you something” is a phrase used to start a gossip story, which implies a negative representation of the Limonense community, to which some sectors of the population of Limón are opposed.

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Gallo pinto beans are cooked quickly until the juice is almost consumed, and then combined with prepared rice and other ingredients such as cooked peppers, chopped onions and garlic.

Etymology

Gallo pinto means “spotted rooster” in Spanish. The name is said to originate from the multicolored or mottled appearance that results from cooking the rice with black or red beans. The term may also be shortened depending on the region.

History

The exact country of origin of the dish is not known with certainty. Both Costa Rica and Nicaragua claim it as their own, and its origin is a controversial issue between the two countries.

Gallo pinto is one of many Latin American dishes that involve the preparation of the most integral ingredients for many cultures: rice and beans. Gallo pinto is considered a mestizo product; a combination of beans, cultivated by the indigenous people of pre-Columbian times, and rice, a grain introduced by the Spanish. The cooking and preparation are heavily influenced by African cuisine.

Rice, originally from Asia, was introduced by the Arabs in Spain and became a main and versatile ingredient in the 15th and 16th centuries. With the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish quickly introduced rice to Mexico and South America. It is suggested that, in the 18th century, rice cultivation became important in Central America. Asian rice was cultivated by Africans in the Neolithic period, and with their arrival in America as slaves by the Europeans, they were already accustomed to eating rice. The same happened with beans, which were cultivated centuries before in America. On their voyages to America, slaves were given bowls and a wooden spoon with which they ate twice a day. They ate mostly European or African beans and rice, along with corn, yams, cassava and bisque.

As Africans settled on the continent, various forms of rice and beans began to emerge. As the Americas had many types of beans cultivated by the indigenous people, they gave rise to a number of dishes when combined with rice.

Regional variations

For similar rice and bean dishes around the world, see Rice and beans § International dishes and variations.

Gallo pinto is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. In the Caribbean areas of these countries it is possible to find arroz con frijoles, a similar dish prepared with coconut milk.

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica there are two main variants:

Central Valley: gallo pinto is wetter and is usually prepared with black beans, is less fatty and is seasoned with chili, cilantro and onion. A variant includes Lizano sauce.

Guanacaste: with a fattier and toasted gallo pinto; it is prepared with red beans.

Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, Gallo Pinto is made mainly with red beans. In addition, vegetable oil is used for cooking (includes onion). Gallo Pinto can be eaten in Nicaragua at any time and is the main accompaniment to the different dishes sold in a fritanga (food stall).

Source: Wikipedia

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At present, with a vast caliber of almost 30 hospitals -some of the most outstanding in Latin America- and more than 1000 Basic Teams of Integral Health Care, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund is considered one of the best and most prestigious health and social security institutions in the entire planet. Its universal system of operation, which has led the country to be positioned in many of the most optimistic health levels in the hemisphere, stands out.

Function
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund coordinates and executes both preventive (vaccination, health information, etc.) and curative (surgeries, radiotherapy, pharmacy, clinical examinations, etc.) programs, covering a large sector of the Costa Rican population, as well as, since the 1990s, the considerable immigrant population living in the country.

Its competencies also include meeting needs as they arise, beginning to prevent risks and helping any individual or family that has suffered a disability or disadvantageous situation to rehabilitate and adapt as best as possible to this situation.

On the other hand, medical assistance is the benefit most needed by the insured population, especially hospitalization services which recorded a total of 343,078 discharges for 2013, with an occupancy rate of 86% and the successful performance of 178,642 surgeries. Likewise, maternity services recorded for the same period a total of 66,191 deliveries and 66,223 births.

Finally, the outpatient care services recorded 13 million consultations and 5.5 million emergency consultations during the same year, with a free dispensing of 77 million medicines -one of the highest rates per person in the world-, 62 million clinical examinations, 118,000 mammograms and 301 ultrasounds.
Currently, this institution administers two major insurances: health and pensions. It also provides a non-contributory pension system (RNC).

Source: Wikipedia

However, the topography of the country is extremely divergent, with the presence of mountains, valleys and plains in a fairly small territory, which considerably alters all the bioclimatic and florifaunistic characteristics of Costa Rica, and also generates the particular phenomenon of microclimates that are distinctive in the national landscape.

Likewise, due to its tropical location, the temperature does not suffer drastic variations throughout the seasonal regime. However, at the end of the year and due to its location in the Northern Hemisphere, the nation is affected by seasonal changes, when temperatures tend to drop considerably due to the northern winds in the highest parts of the country. Likewise, day length is affected during the solstices and equinoxes.

The rainfall regime is occasional in certain regions of the country, while it is constant in humid areas such as the Caribbean. On the other hand, from time to time, it presents some disparities, mostly as effects of the global alternations called El Niño and La Niña, as well as tropical waves and the hurricane season, causing droughts in some regions (especially in the Pampa Guancasteca) and in others pronounced increases in rainfall with subsequent floods or avalanches (almost always in the plains and coasts). On the other hand, winds vary significantly in intensity throughout the territory, while allowing the establishment of wind farms, especially in the higher elevations.

In Costa Rica, the climate has been monitored, studied and recorded for 130 years by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), attached to the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and located in the city of San José.

Dry Season

The dry season is colloquially called summer, because it is its seasonal equivalent, in which there is a considerable reduction in rainfall but no increase in temperature because it is equivalent to the coldest months: December to March, except in the Caribbean. During this period, precipitation even disappears in the driest regions, which generates long-term drought problems.

The dry season has a regular duration of less than 6 months, and occurs from the beginning of December to the end of April. The hottest period is April-May, with less than 5 days of rain, and the average temperature is 23 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the highest rainfall is recorded during the months of September and October.

A separate case occurs in the months of December and January, which are in fact very cold months, but belong to the dry season because they have a considerably reduced precipitation regime, with an average temperature or 20 degrees and at least 2 days of rain.

Rainy season

Similarly, the rainy season is called winter, and is a season with slight decreases in temperature and large increases in the precipitation regime and wind speed, generally throughout the territory. During this season there are occasional floods, which occur after the overflowing of rivers and streams, which are out of their course due to heavy rains.

The rainy season starts at the beginning of May and ends at the end of November, making it the longest season with a regular duration of more than 6 months. During this period, the highest rainfall occurs in September with more than 355.1 mm of rainfall per month, while between July and October there are more than 20 rainy days per month.

In November, although the heavy rainfall does not completely disappear, the dry conditions of the holiday season begin to be felt, as there is a reduction in the number of rainy days, which are limited to less than 10 per month, while the temperature and the amount of rainfall remain regular.

Finally, during the last days of June in some regions, a particular phenomenon called Veranillo de San Juan occurs, in which for a short time the weather conditions return to summer conditions, ceasing the constant rainfall and registering slight increases in temperature.

Source: Wikipedia