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Articles on Costa Rica(1518 clicks)

Costa Rica's Meta-Database of Bibliographic References(1590 clicks)
Searchable bibliographic database. In Spanish

Costa Rica: The Revolution of 1948, A Cause and Effect Analysis(1571 clicks)
Essay by Louie Matrisciano. bibilography.

Elecciones '98(1532 clicks)
The 1998 elections and results--in Spanish.

History of Costa Rica(1722 clicks)
From InfoCoastaRica.com. Good history of Costa Rica.

La Nación(1588 clicks)
A leading newspaper

The Nicaragua Revolution (1970's-1980's) ...(1638 clicks)
The adverse effects on Costa Rica.

The Torch of Freedom(1616 clicks)
"Costa Rica's less-than-belligerent history has provided little consequence for the making of true war heroes. However, one humble mulatto drummer boy is saluted every April 11th by all Costa Ricans for his bravery in repelling a marauding U.S. citizen from Central American soil."

Vargas Adopted 'Strong Man' Role(215 clicks)
New York Times article, 1954

WWW-VL History: Costa Rica(1416 clicks)
Extensive library of links