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Costa Rica. Nicaragua Costa Ricans exiled. Victory: Filibuster War (1855–1857) Costa Rica Nicaragua Kingdom of Mosquitia Guatemala Honduras El Salvador United States: Filibusters: Victory. William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy; Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) El Salvador Mexico Costa Rica Nicaragua ...
The following article lists the presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.
In the 1940s, the Costa Rican political scene came to be dominated by Rafael Ángel Calderón, a medical doctor who served as President of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944. [1] The Constitution forbade consecutive reelection, so for the 1944 elections , Calderón's National Republican Party nominated Teodoro Picado , a law professor who was ...
The following is the list of all the heads of state of Costa Rica. The current Constitution establishes that the President of Costa Rica is both head of state and head of government, and the current officeholder is Rodrigo Chaves Robles of the Social Democratic Progress Party.
Pages in category "Wars involving Costa Rica" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Free State of Costa Rica; League War; First Costa Rican Republic (1848–1948) 1870 coup d'état; 1917 coup d'état; Dictatorship of the Tinoco Brothers; The Liberal State; 1948 Costa Rican Civil War; Founding Junta of the Second Republic; 1949 Constitution; The Reform State; COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica; Costa Rica Portal
Citizens of San Jose, Costa Rica, fleeing before the troops of President Tinoco - August 1919. The government of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the coup government and even blocked Costa Rica's participation in the First World War with which Tinoco unsuccessfully sought to ingratiate himself with Washington. [4] [5]
The First Costa Rican Republic is the name given to the historical period between the proclamation of the Republic of Costa Rica in the 1848 reformed Constitution and the official decree by then President José María Castro Madriz on 31 August 1848 and the Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 which ended with the enactment of the current 1949 Constitution on 7 November 1949 starting the Second Costa ...