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The Costa Rican Civil War took place from 12 March to 24 April 1948. The conflict followed the presidential elections of 8 February 1948 , in which opposition candidate Otilio Ulate defeated the ruling party's Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia .
1921 War of Coto (against Costa Rica) 1960 — 1996 Central American crisis. 1989 — 1990 United States invasion of Panama. December 20, 1989 Operation Acid Gambit; December 23, 1989 Operation Nifty Package
The Coto War (Spanish: Guerra de Coto) was a conflict between Panama and Costa Rica fought between 21 February and 5 March 1921. The casus belli occurred when a Costa Rican expeditionary force led by Colonel Héctor Zúñiga Mora occupied the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Coto, a hamlet on the banks of the Coto River.
Costa Rica violated its obligation under general international law by failing to carry out an environmental impact assessment concerning the construction of Route 1856. In June 2016, Costa Rica made an estimation of the damage to be paid of US$6,700,000. It accepted to make a second evaluation of the damages if Nicaragua requested it. [29]
The Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica was a small rebellion carried out in North-West Costa Rica by forces loyal to the disgruntled former president Rafael Calderón, and was supported by the Government of Nicaragua who were unhappy with the election of Jose "Pepe" Figueres Ferrer to the Costa Rican Presidency two years prior.
The Ochomogo War was a civil war fought in Costa Rica, the first in its history, and was fought shortly after the country became independent from Spain.. The most important event was the Battle of Ochomogo (5 April 1823) which was fought on Ochomogo Hill, from which it takes it name, to the west of Cartago, Costa Rica.
The Filibuster War, otherwise referred to as the Walker affair, or The National Campaign of 1856 and 1857 [a] in Costa Rica, [7] [8] was a military conflict between filibustering multinational troops stationed in Nicaragua and a coalition of Central American armies.