Typical uneducated trolls. First off, we abolished our army after we drove off the American mercenaries that took over most of central America at the time. Secondly the international relations and diplomacy is what keeps us safe, a healthy network of communication with countries powerful and weak. Lastly we are around war-torn Nicaragua, Panama, and colombia and we' survived due to that very system of diplomatic communication. Hence why the head of that system won a nobel peace prize. Also the field of Conflict resolution wouldn't be a growing field if it wasn't initiated upon examples like this one. But I don't expect war-mongering, primitive and narrow sighted, self-deluded people to know better.
I have, I've read many. Assuming your lack of a repsonse means you have no idea what you're talking about or that you just don't have any actual sources then I'm just going to continue to go off the history that I know.
It has been a long time, I must admit I made a mistake in my wars, 1858 was what I referred to by the US mercenaries. You are correct about the civil war that took place and the abolished army after. Yet the premise that it is because of the US that Costa Rica doesn't need an army is incorrect, if anything the years during the cold war created armies because of the USA (and USSR). Maintaining an army-free zone in the middle of a heavily conflicted zone is due to diplomatic strategies and negotiation with the nation states that are even known to be aggressive.
Although they don't have a standing military they still have security type details of volunteers who patrol the borders and perform security around the country.
Funny you should think that. Costa Rica has a GDP 2x higher than the global average, 50% more women in govt. than the US, exports 2x higher than global avg, a lower median age, a higher life expectancy, a lower death rate, 97% adult literacy, lower obesity rates, an AIDS death rate 97% lower than the US, and 92% of their electricity comes from natural, renewable resources.
Learn to use Google, you n00b.
Than you insulted us.
Learn to use Google, you n00b.