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1924 — Second Honduran Civil War; 1924 — Honduran armed uprising of 1824; 1931 — Third Honduran civil war; 1957 — Morocón War; 1969 — Football War; 1979 — 1996 Central American crisis. 1982 — 1986 Battalion 3-16 was responsible for the kidnapping, torture, disappearance and murder of at least 184 Honduran students, professors ...
In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the Día de la Abolición del Ejército (Military abolition day) with Law #8115. Unlike its neighbors, Costa Rica has not endured a civil war since 1948. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement, but has no permanent standing army.
The Costa Rican Civil War took place from 12 March to 24 April 1948. The conflict followed the presidential elections of 8 February 1948 , in which opposition candidate Otilio Ulate defeated the ruling party's Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia .
Calderonista invasion of Costa Rica (1955) Costa Rica: Calderón Forces Nicaragua: Victory. Nicaraguan withdrawal from Costa Rica; Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Dominican Loyalists United States Brazil Paraguay Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Dominican Constitutionalists: Victory. Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency; Election of ...
Calderonista invasion of Costa Rica Costa Rica: Calderonistas Supported by: Nicaragua Venezuela. 1955 1964 Bamileke War France: Union of the Peoples of Cameroon: 1955 1957 Upper Yafa uprisings [9] United Kingdom: Rebels 1955 1972 First Sudanese Civil War: SSLM AZL Anyanya: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986. [1] Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 82%. [2] Costa Rica was under a strong two-party system at the time.
8 May 1986 National Liberation: 1982: 40: Óscar Arias Sánchez (born 1940) 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 National Liberation: 1986: Nobel Peace Prize winner (1987). First term. 41: Rafael Calderón Fournier (born 1949) 8 May 1990 8 May 1994 Social Christian Unity: 1990: Son of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia. 42: José Figueres Olsen (born 1954) 8 May ...
The Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica was a small rebellion carried out in North-West Costa Rica by forces loyal to the disgruntled former president Rafael Calderón, and was supported by the Government of Nicaragua who were unhappy with the election of Jose "Pepe" Figueres Ferrer to the Costa Rican Presidency two years prior.