Costa Rica Condensed

1502 - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS VISITS COSTA RICA

1807 - COFFEE IS INTRODUCED INTO COSTA RICA.

1821 - THE 1821 ACT OF INDEPENDENCE IS SIGNED BY COSTA RICA.

1838 - COSTA RICA BECOMES FULLY INDEPENDENT.

1874 - US INTRODUCES BANANA CULTIVATION.

1948 - COSTA RICAN CIVIL WAR

1949 - A NEW CONSTITUTION IS INTRODUCED TO COSTA RICA.

1974 - DANIEL ODUBER (PLN) ELECTED PRESIDENT.

1999 - ONE MILLION TOURISTS VISIT COSTA

2010 - LAURA CHINCHILLA ELECTED FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT

1700's - COSTA RICA CONSIDERED A VERY POOR/MISERABLE SPANISH COLONY

1524 - THE FIRST SPANISH COLONY "VILLA BRUSELAS" IS FOUNDED

1560 - FIRST SUCCESSFUL SPANISH COLONIZERS SETTLE IN COSTA RICA.

1987 - BAXTER ESTABLISHES FACILITIES IN COSTA RICA

1997 - INTEL INVESTS AND SETS UP FACILITIES IN COSTA RICA

1824 - PROVINCE OF GUANACASTE BECOMES PART OF COSTA RICA.

Medical Devices surpasses agriculture as #1 Export commidty

1940 to 1944 - INTRODUCTION OF LIBERAL REFORMS LIKE WORKERS' RIGHTS AND MINIMUM WAGES.

1958 to 1973 - PERIOD OF CONSERVATIVE DOMINANCE

1810 to 1821 - MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE