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| Republic of Costa Rica República de Costa Rica | |
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| Capital and largest city | San José |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Recognized regional languages | Bribri Jamaican Patois |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary presidential bourgeois republic |
| Area | |
• Total | 51,100 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 5,204,411 |
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America.
History
The USA invaded Costa Rica in 1921.[1]
José Figueres headed a liberal military junta in the 1940s before serving as an elected president from 1953 to 1958. He gave political asylum to communists and other political dissidents fleeing from right-wing dictatorships. Figueres supported an assassination attempt against Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García, which led Nicaragua to invade Costa Rica.[2]
Figueres became president again in May 1970. Costa Rica became the first country in Central America to establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc.[3]
References
- ↑ David Vine (2020). The United States of War: 'The Military Opens Doors' (p. 210). Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520972070 [LG]
- ↑ William Blum (2003). Killing Hope: 'Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I' (pp. 82–84). [PDF] London: Zed Books. ISBN 1842773682
- ↑ William Blum (2003). Killing Hope: 'Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II' (p. 240). [PDF] London: Zed Books. ISBN 1842773682