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Brief history of Costa Rica |
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| 1823- Before Costa Rica was an independent country, it belonged to Mexico. And in this year the United Provinces of Central America gained independence from Mexico. The countries that were involved were Costa Rica ,Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and San Salvador. | |
| 1830- Francisco Morazán was an outstanding military and political hero of Central America. Morazán led a revolt against the first president of the United Provinces of Central America. | |
| 1839- The Liberals of the United Provinces of Central America under leader Francisco Morazan were defeated in a civil war led by Rafael Carrera. The confederation dissolved into its 4 component states: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. |
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1919- Costa Rica is having a boarder dispute with Nicaragua and United States Marines invade Costa Rica to settle the dispute. |
| 1948- The National Republicans, who had held the majority of Costa Rica's political power for decades, were finally voted out of the presidency. The National Republicans used their strong influence in the Legislative Assembly to annul the presidential election of rival candidate Otilio Ulate of the Social Democratic Party. |
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| 1948-April 12th Cartago, Costa Rica, fell into the hands of Jose Figueres Ferrer, a vociferous adversary of the National Republicans. | |
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1948-Apr 19th Teodoro Picado and Father Benjamin Nunez, an eminent labor leader within Costa Rica, signed The Pact of the Mexican Embassy, ending an armed uprising. |
| 1948 Apr 24, The forces of Jose Figueres Ferrer entered San José, almost six weeks after beginning their revolt in southern Costa Rica. |
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1948 Costa Rica gave up its army. |
| 1948-1949 Jose Figueres Ferrer fought for democracy in Costa Rica. The war arose in a dispute between dictator Rafael Angel Calderon, who had stolen an election, and the social democratic partisans of Figueres. | |
| 1949-Feb 21
Nicaragua and Costa Rica signed a friendship treaty ending
hostilities over their borders.
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| 1949-Nov 7
Costa Rica adopted a constitution that prohibited a standing
army.
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1963-Mar 19 In Costa Rica, President John F. Kennedy and
six Latin American presidents pledged to fight
Communism.
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1987-Oct 13 Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was
named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of a Central American peace plan
to end the war in Nicaragua.
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1998-Feb 1 In Costa
Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez of the Social
Christian Unity Party won the presidential
elections by a narrow margin over Jose Miguel
Corrales of the National Liberation party. Also
elected were 2 vice-presidents, 57 members of
the Legislative Assembly and 571 mayors.
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1998-May 8 In
Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez of the
Social Christian Unity Party began serving
as president.
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