The United States tried to do everything they possibly can in order to help Latin America stay away from communism. Costa Rica and The United States have maintained formal diplomatic relations since 1851. The United States is Costa Rica's most important trading partner. The two countries share a very deep history of friendly relationship especially for their similar ideas in democratic government, human freedoms, free trade, and other shared values. America always tried its best to influence Costa Rica to strive for the same views politically and generally. Costa Rica and the United States often share similar positions (polls) in international media. Though the United States and Costa Rica have many differences in culture, America still impacts
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“The agreement facilitates cooperation between the Coast Guard of Costa Rica and the U.S. Coast Guard regarding drug trafficking and other illegal activity.”(Giron)
America and Costa Rica worked together in the time where there were a lot of problems in Central America in relation to drugs. America offered to protect the boarders of Costa Rica in return for Intel about the cartels.
In 1990, “Nicaragua's Sandinista government lost a presidential election and its East Germany supporter disappeared.” Costa Rica was a major target for the United States and for the Soviet Union during the cold war. America offered so much to the Costa Rican government that they couldn’t refuse there offer to be allies. The United States was very generous with helping Costa Rica especially financially. The United States responded to Costa Rica's economic needs in the 1980s with significant economic and development assistance programs. “Through provision of more than $1.1 billion in assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development made sure that the money was going to stabilize and accelerate there economic growth through policy reforms and
“The agreement facilitates cooperation between the Coast Guard of Costa Rica and the U.S. Coast Guard regarding drug trafficking and other illegal activity.”(Giron)
America and Costa Rica worked together in the time where there were a lot of problems in Central America in relation to drugs. America offered to protect the boarders of Costa Rica in return for Intel about the cartels.
In 1990, “Nicaragua's Sandinista government lost a presidential election and its East Germany supporter disappeared.” Costa Rica was a major target for the United States and for the Soviet Union during the cold war. America offered so much to the Costa Rican government that they couldn’t refuse there offer to be allies. The United States was very generous with helping Costa Rica especially financially. The United States responded to Costa Rica's economic needs in the 1980s with significant economic and development assistance programs. “Through provision of more than $1.1 billion in assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development made sure that the money was going to stabilize and accelerate there economic growth through policy reforms and