1. WHY COSTA RICA
DOESN’T HAVE AN
ARMY
By: Zirwa Sheikh

2. COSTA RICA EXPERIENCED PEACE UNTIL
1917 WHEN IT FELL UNDER DICTATORSHIP
BY JOSÉ FEDERICO ALBERTO DE JESÚS
TINOCO GRANADOS.

3. IN 1948 COSTA RICA WAS INVOLVED IN A CIVIL
WAR THAT LASTED FOR 44 DAYS AFTER BEING
RULED BY A DICTATOR .

4. JOSÉ FIGUERES FERRER’S ARMY WON
THE CIVIL WAR, AND HE BECAME
PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA .

5. HE DRAFTED THE NEW
CONSTITUTION AND ABOLISHED THE
MILITARY TO DIVERT THE FUNDS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION.

6. COSTA RICA IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE
MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES, EVEN
THOUGH ITS NEIGHBORS SUCH AS
NICARAGUA, EXPERIENCE POLITICAL
UNREST,