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1. www.cambridge.org › core › booksCosta Rica (Chapter 10) - Latin America between the Second ...

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   May 4, 2010 · Summary. The origins of the Civil War of March-April 1948 and the subsequent repression of the Communists and the more militant sections of the labor movement in Costa Rica can be traced to the 1930s.

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3. ticotimes.net › 2014/12/15 › the-story-of-costa-ricaThe story of Costa Rica's forgotten World War II internment camp

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   Uncover the forgotten history of the internment camp in San José. Discover how German-Costa Rican prisoners were held during World War II.

4. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsCosta Rica in 1948: Cold War or Local War? | The Americas ...

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   The years following World War Two produced a strong resurgence of U.S. intervention in Central America and the Caribbean couched in Cold War terms.

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5. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsPeaceful Costa Rica, The First Battleground: The United ...

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   Extract. In February 1948 a spirited presidential race sparked a political powderkeg in normally tranquil Costa Rica. The opposition candidate, Otilio Ulate, unexpectedly defeated former president Rafael Angel Calderón.

6. journals.sagepub.com › doi › absDemilitarization in Costa Rica: A Farewell to Arms?

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   Costa Rica is an apparent exception to the trend towards military regimes, violent changes of power and local wars in Third World countries. In this Central American republic with about 2 million inhabitants, the armed forces were disbanded in 1948.

7. www.utpjournals.press › doi › absCosta Rica and the Cold War, 1948–1990 | Canadian Journal of ...

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   Sep 1, 2015 · This article examines the major Cold War events that affected Costa Rica from 1948, the year when Costa Rica’s Second Republic was born, until 1990, when Nicaragua’s Sandinista government lost a presidential election and its East German ally disappeared.

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   Is demilitarization a farewell to arms in Costa Rica?

   • Demilitarization in Costa Rica: A Farewell to Arms? Costa Rica is an apparent exception to the trend towards military regimes, violent changes of power and local wars in Third World countries. In this Central American republic with about 2 million inhabitants, the armed forces were disbanded in 1948.

   Demilitarization in Costa Rica: A Farewell to Arms?

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   What happened to the Armed Forces in Costa Rica?

   • After a short-lived coup d’état following the end of World War II, José Figueres Ferrer rose to the presidency of Costa Rica and abolished the armed forces in 1948. This event was codified in the 1949 Constitution.

   The story of Costa Rica’s forgotten World War II internment camp

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   Was America involved in a 1948 Costa Rican civil war?

   • Although the U.S. intervention in Guatemala to overthrow the government of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 has generally been seen as the first case of Cold War covert anti-Communist intervention in Latin America, several scholars have raised questions about U.S. involvement in a 1948 Costa Rican civil war in which Communism played a critical role.

   Costa Rica in 1948: Cold War or Local War? - Cambridge Core

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   Why was an internment camp built in Costa Rica?

   • An internment camp was erected by the government in Costa Rica to hold hundreds of German-Costa Rican prisoners after the United States and Costa Rica entered World War II in December 1941.

   The story of Costa Rica’s forgotten World War II internment camp

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   What were the Germans doing in Costa Rica?

   • The Germans in Costa Rica were well established in many key export industries, including coffee, bananas, and cocoa, as well as electrical generation and the importation of finished goods from Europe before World War II. However, their economic success had blinded many of them to the implications of the war in Europe.

   The story of Costa Rica’s forgotten World War II internment camp

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   Does Costa Rica have a military?

   • In this Central American republic with about 2 million inhabitants, the armed forces were disbanded in 1948. For over 30 years Costa Rica has maintained a stable civilian government without a regular army, though surrounded by dictatorships.

   Demilitarization in Costa Rica: A Farewell to Arms?

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9. www.tuftsdaily.com › archives › 2003/12/01A people without arms: 55 years of Costa Rican demilitarization

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   Dec 1, 2003 · Just as Costa Rica is an oasis of peace and tranquility in a world where war and violence persist, each of us can be our own Costa Rica by providing an example of peace and non-violence to others.