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KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS. Part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1540, Costa Rica formed part of the United Provinces of Central America on its formation in 1823. Costa Rica left the Confederation and achieved full independence in 1838. The first Constitution was promulgated on 7 Dec. 1871.
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Ameringer, C. D., Democracy in Costa Rica. New York, 1982
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Bird, L., Costa Rica: Unarmed Democracy. London, 1984
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National statistical office: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, San José.
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Hunter, B. (1997). Costa Rica. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271265_45
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