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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Regional History/Central America/Caribbean /Costa Rica Articles: Costa Rica: The Revolution of 1948, A Cause and Effect Analysis - Historical Text Archive Votes:0 Home > Articles > Latin America/Costa Rica > Costa Rica: The Revolution of 1948, A Cause and Effect Analysis Menu Home Articles E-books Links Search About the HTA --> Informative Articles Support the HTA Build A Dream Home Make your home building project a success through the help of our construction experts. Angel Perfume Direct Textbooks Please visit our sponsors Shop at Amazon.com! privacy policy Email to a friend Printer friendly Costa Rica: The Revolution of 1948, A Cause and Effect Analysis In a region that has been plagued by long and turbulent civil wars, the peaceful and reformist outcome of Costa Rica's Civil War differs greatly from its neighbors. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua all suffered extremely long and painful dictatorships (The Civil War of Costa Rica). T Read More Go to Site A Brief History of Costa Rica Votes:0 A Brief History of Costa Rica Human habitation can be traced back more than 10,000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim?n on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20,000 indigenous inhabitants They lived in several autonomous tribes, all with distinct cultures and customs. Costa Rica's only major archaeological site is at Guayabo, 30 miles east of San Jos?, where an ancient city, dating back to 1000 B.C. and though to have contained 10,000 p Read More Go to Site Costa Rica: Since Independence Votes:0 Costa Rica Towards Independence: Throughout the colonial period Costa Rica remained one of the provinces ruled by the Spanish viceroyalty in Guatemala (together with the provinces of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua). Its position as the farthest province from the crown's representative and the fact that great mineral wealth was not discovered here meant that interest in this distant territory was minimal, which in turn allowed Costa Rica to develop in an atmosphere of relative autonomy not found in the other provinces of Central America. The provincial Governors were always Spaniards appointed by the monarchy, although once settled in the new territory they inevitably set about attending to their own personal interests rather than those of the province and its colonists. This practice Read More Go to Site Political Leaders: Costa Rica Votes:0 A.link {color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;} A.link:active {color:#0000ff;} A.link:visited {color:#000080;} A.link:hover {color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;} A.link:visited:hover {color:#ff0000;} Leaders of Costa Rica (Republic of Costa Rica) [ To the list of countries ] [ To the ZPC Homepage ] Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website . Parties ; PRN : National Republican Party; PUN : National Union Party; PLN : National Liberation Party; PUSC : Social Christian Unity Party; PRD : Party of the Democratic Renewal Heads of State Presidents of the Republic Teodoro Picado Michalski 8 May 1944 - 20 Apr 1948 (+1960) PRN Santos Le?n Herrera 20 Apr 1948 - 8 May 1948 (+1950) PRN (acting) President of the Founding Junta of the Second Republic Jos? Mar?a Figueres Read More Go to Site

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