New State representatives in Fundebase and the Baik Foundation

The President of the Republic, Laura Fernández Delgado, and the Minister of Justice and Peace, Gabriel Aguilar Vargas, appointed Alejandro José Cortés Ojeda and Cristian Valerín Valladares as representatives of the Executive Branch to the Fundación para el Desarrollo de Base Fundebase and the Fundación Baik, respectively. The appointments are recorded in executive agreements AMJP 0190-10-2026 and AMJP 0222-10-2026, published in La Gaceta N° 214 on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, both prompted by the resignation of those who held those positions.

Both acts are issued based on articles 140, paragraphs 3) and 18), and 146 of the Political Constitution, article 11 of Law No. 5338, the Foundations Law, of August 28, 1973, and Executive Decree No. 36363-JP, the Regulation for article 11 of that law, issued on November 5, 2010. This regulation obliges the Executive Branch to designate its representative to each foundation upon fulfillment of the established requirements, such that any substitution must be formalized through an executive agreement and published in the official gazette to take effect.

This practice is constant in the current administration: the same edition of the bulletin includes agreement AMJP-0217-09-2026, which nullifies the appointment of Olga Lidia Auxiliadora Corrales Morales to the Fundación Aurora Gente Bien due to her resignation, and other recent editions contain equivalent movements in other foundations. The relevance of these acts lies in the fact that the state representative joins the governing bodies of private non-profit entities that receive, manage, or channel public resources and programs.

Fundebase: Cortés Ojeda replaces Rosales Pérez

Agreement AMJP 0190-10-2026, signed in San José on October 8, 2026, nullifies AMJP-0097-06-2023 of June 21, 2023, published in La Gaceta N° 155 on August 25, 2023, through which Yerlyn Patricia Rosales Pérez had been appointed. The departure occurred due to the resignation letter that Rosales Pérez herself signed on March 25, 2026, before the Ministry of Justice and Peace.

The data recorded in the agreement are as follows:

• Appointed representative: Alejandro José Cortés Ojeda, identity card No. 1-06380433.
• Entity: Fundación para el Desarrollo de Base Fundebase, legal entity number No. 3-006-174345, registered in the Persons Section of the Directorate of Legal Entities of the National Registry.
• Predecessor: Yerlyn Patricia Rosales Pérez, identity card No. 2-0668-0202.
• Agreement signature: October 8, 2026.

Fundación Baik: replacement of a representative appointed in 2020

Agreement AMJP 0222-10-2026 nullifies AMJP-0154-10-2020 dated October 23, 2020, published in La Gaceta No. 283 on December 1, 2020, which had appointed Do Jong Yoo —single surname due to Korean nationality, permanent residence ID No. 141000061430— as the representative of the Executive Branch before the Baik Foundation. The termination is based on the resignation communicated by Yoo himself via a note dated March 8, 2024.

Details of the new appointment:

• Appointed representative: Cristian Valerín Valladares, identity card No. 1-03250819.
• Entity: Baik Foundation, legal entity ID No. 3-006-559386, registered in the Persons Section of the Directorate of Legal Entities of the National Registry.
• Predecessor: Do Jong Yoo, permanent resident, appointed in October 2020.
• Legal basis: Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 36363-JP, which requires the Executive Branch to proceed with the appointment upon prior fulfillment of requirements.

Mandatory protocolization and registry enrollment

Both instruments include a procedural clause: once the agreement is published, the interested parties must protocolize and present the respective testimony before the Legal Entities Section of the National Registry for its enrollment. The designation takes effect from its publication in La Gaceta, according to the final article of each agreement.

For readers, the relevant data is who represents the State at the table of two foundations that manage public resources: Cortés Ojeda and Valerín Valladares assume this function with the publication of this Wednesday, November 11, 2026, replacing holders whose resignations dated back to 2024 and 2026, and they remain subject to the duty of registering the appointment in the corresponding registry to make it enforceable against third parties.

Source: La Gaceta, No. 214 of November 11, 2026, Agreements section (Executive Branch), p. 8 (official reference: AMJP 0190-10-2026 and AMJP 0222-10-2026).