Political Map of Costa Rica a Brief SummaryA picture of the political map of Costa Rica doesn't mean much to me; I need to read the story behind it. But if that's of interest to you, click here. In 1948 a new constitution was drafted which gave votes to women and blacks. Also at that time Costa Rica’s abolished it’s army and started to put the extra funds into it’s health care and education systems. 
In the 1970’s there was political conflict in many neighboring countries such as Nicaragua and El Salvador. Then in 1986 it was the Costa Rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez that formulated a Peace Plan to bring stability to the region, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nicaraguan contras resident in the country were expelled which reinforced Costa Rica’s official policy of neutrality. Throughout the 1990’s, Costa Rica’s politics centered around the economy which had always been linked with the world prices of coffee and bananas. And slowly tourism started to take hold in the country. In 1998 Miguel Angel Rodriguez was elected president. He was an economist who aimed to improve the country’s infrastructure, and privatize state-run industries. Oscar Arias was elected as president again in February 2006. In Costa Rica a new president must be elected every 4 years. So although someone can be president for multiple terms, their terms cannot be consecutive. Oscar Arias is most famous for his leadership in Costa Rica in the mid 1980’s, is not only very supportive of peace and stablility in the region but also very much in favour of furthering economic development in the country. Check out more details on the government support for
development
and tourism and the
upcoming development area
in the southern region of the country.
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