Costa Rica Condensed
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Updated: 27 Nov 2018
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Created byChristian Burghardt
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1502 - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS VISITS COSTA RICA1807 - 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 WAR1949 - A NEW CONSTITUTION IS INTRODUCED TO COSTA RICA.1974 - DANIEL ODUBER (PLN) ELECTED PRESIDENT.1999 - ONE MILLION TOURISTS VISIT COSTA2010 - LAURA CHINCHILLA ELECTED FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT1700's - COSTA RICA CONSIDERED A VERY POOR/MISERABLE SPANISH COLONY1524 - THE FIRST SPANISH COLONY "VILLA BRUSELAS" IS FOUNDED1560 - FIRST SUCCESSFUL SPANISH COLONIZERS SETTLE IN COSTA RICA.1987 - BAXTER ESTABLISHES FACILITIES IN COSTA RICA1997 - INTEL INVESTS AND SETS UP FACILITIES IN COSTA RICA1824 - PROVINCE OF GUANACASTE BECOMES PART OF COSTA RICA.Medical Devices surpasses agriculture as #1 Export commidtyPeriods
1940 to 1944 - INTRODUCTION OF LIBERAL REFORMS LIKE WORKERS' RIGHTS AND MINIMUM WAGES.1958 to 1973 - PERIOD OF CONSERVATIVE DOMINANCE1810 to 1821 - MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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