All public medical services will operate normally, except at San José's Calderón Guardia Hospital where patient visitation is suspended, during the two-day visit of U.S. President Barack Obama.
A protest by workers from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute and another by Caribbean coastal residents have filled the streets in front of San José's legislative buildings.
No fewer than seven modified limousines will escort President Obama’s vehicle – a mobile bunker by its own right, known by Secret Service agents as "The Beast."