Word: ricas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...midmorning, shrilling sirens in San Jose brought the people of Costa Rica's capital out into the streets. Just nine days after Costa Rica had disbanded its army, the country had been invaded from Nicaragua by supporters of banished ex-President Rafael Calderon Guardia. Costa Rica's provisional government, headed by Colonel Jose Figueres, called the nation to arms, got set to fight for its life...
Whose Affair? Nicaragua's Dictator Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza affected bland surprise: "I'm told Calderon Guardia invaded Costa Rica-but that's his affair. We're guarding our frontier." Actually Calderon had issued his revolutionary proclamation in Managua, Tacho's capital. Dissident Costa Ricans had been training openly at Rivas in southern Nicaragua. Costa Rican intelligence sources reported concentrations of troops and barges at San Juan del Sur on Tacho's Pacific coast and Bluefields on the Caribbean...
Tacho had chosen his side in Costa Rica during last spring's civil war. With angry frustration he had watched Figueres...
Wait & See. At week's end an uneasy calm settled over the invaded area. The government was moving its hastily reorganized forces northward but avoiding battle. Presumably Calderon (and friend Tacho) hoped for an anti-Figueres uprising within Costa Rica. Meanwhile they awaited international reaction to their adventure...
...country where the army would not intervene was Costa Rica, which last week replaced its army with a national police force. With dapper Junta President José Figueres swinging the first sledge, destruction of the battlements of Bellavista Barracks was begun. A National Museum will be built on the site, and the parade grounds will become a lush tropical garden...