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Costa Rican Civil War

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San José · Cartago · Costa Rica

Estimated casualties

2.0K – 4.0Kestimated dead

About 2,000 deaths commonly cited; some sources give up to 4,000 in the 44-day war.

SOURCEscholarly

A 44-day civil war in 1948 sparked by the annulment of a contested presidential election, in which José Figueres's National Liberation Army defeated government and allied communist forces. It led to the abolition of Costa Rica's army and a lasting democratic order.

Belligerents2

Costa Rican government (Picado/Calderón)
National Liberation Army (José Figueres)

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 2

Battle of Ochomogo1948
Battle of San Isidro del General1948

Sources

Wikipedia: Costa Rican Civil War
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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