Costa Rica celebrates 70 years with no army this December 1st, and to commemorate this important date, the Government has organized several cultural activities, as well as audiovisual campaigns throughout this week.
The Presidential House, the National Insurance Institute, the Supreme Electoral Court, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Social Security Service will showcase the colors of the Costa Rican flag in their facades, “this is a reminder that this important date is an essential part of our country’s identity”, explains the press release.
An audiovisual campaign will be spread in social media with testimonies by Costa Ricans, foreigners and authority figures who will speak of the importance of this date, and what the country would be like if this decision wouldn’t have been taken 70 years ago.
It was back in December 1, 1948 when Jose Figueres Ferrer, the president of the “Founding Governing Board of the Second Republic” made the announcement in front of a group of leaders gathered in the Bellavista Quarters; however, it was the Defense Minister Edgar Cardona who proposed the idea to spend more in education and health, according to former Interior minister Alvaro Ramos.
The day the abolition of the Army was announced, the keys to the military barracks were handed over to the newly founded University of Costa Rica so they could establish the National Museum as a center for anthropological studies.
On October 31, 1949, the National Constituent Assembly incorporated the abolition of the army into Article 12 of the Political Constitution.
The Presidential House, the National Insurance Institute, the Supreme Electoral Court, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Social Security Service will showcase the colors of the Costa Rican flag in their facades, “this is a reminder that this important date is an essential part of our country’s identity”, explains the press release.
An audiovisual campaign will be spread in social media with testimonies by Costa Ricans, foreigners and authority figures who will speak of the importance of this date, and what the country would be like if this decision wouldn’t have been taken 70 years ago.
It was back in December 1, 1948 when Jose Figueres Ferrer, the president of the “Founding Governing Board of the Second Republic” made the announcement in front of a group of leaders gathered in the Bellavista Quarters; however, it was the Defense Minister Edgar Cardona who proposed the idea to spend more in education and health, according to former Interior minister Alvaro Ramos.
The day the abolition of the Army was announced, the keys to the military barracks were handed over to the newly founded University of Costa Rica so they could establish the National Museum as a center for anthropological studies.
On October 31, 1949, the National Constituent Assembly incorporated the abolition of the army into Article 12 of the Political Constitution.
