The small Latin american country of Costa Rica, it is a very peaceful and adventures country. In this small county you can do tons of things to do while you are in Costa Rica. Some of the things that you can do in Costa Rica are you can go to the battlefield of the Costa Rican civil war. You can also go to the rainforest and see all of the beautiful animals and plants that are located there.
The great country of Costa Rica couldn’t be what it is today without a little violence, this was one of the five wars Costa Rica had. The civil war was a war between the pro-government workers militia and the National Liberation Army (Blackwell). The reason it started was because the vote of the Costa Rican Legislature, which was mostly pro-government representatives, to
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This civil was only a 44 day war but it was the bloodiest war in the twenty first century. During the 44 day war there was an estimated 2,000 men that died At the end of the civil war Figueres ruled for a year and a half as head of a provisional government and left after the next elections. Ever since this war there has been no more political violence.
The Costa Rican rainforest is 23910 square kilometers in size, it takes up 46.8% of Costa
Rica. At one point all of Costa Rica was covered in Forest but the natives burned it down to have room for cattle (Butler). The ecotourism has become one of the most important source of revenue for Costa Rica. The tourist come to see the five different layers of the rainforest. They are the emergent, canopy, understory, the shrub layer, and the ground layer (Costa Rica 21). In each layer there are many different types of animals that live in each layer, some of these animals don’t even leave the layer that they stay in. Tourists also go to see the many types of animals.
There are 500,000 different types of species in Costa Rica, 4% of the world.
There are also many types of plants in the Costa Rican rainforests. Costa Rica offers
The great country of Costa Rica couldn’t be what it is today without a little violence, this was one of the five wars Costa Rica had. The civil war was a war between the pro-government workers militia and the National Liberation Army (Blackwell). The reason it started was because the vote of the Costa Rican Legislature, which was mostly pro-government representatives, to
declare …show more content…
This civil was only a 44 day war but it was the bloodiest war in the twenty first century. During the 44 day war there was an estimated 2,000 men that died At the end of the civil war Figueres ruled for a year and a half as head of a provisional government and left after the next elections. Ever since this war there has been no more political violence.
The Costa Rican rainforest is 23910 square kilometers in size, it takes up 46.8% of Costa
Rica. At one point all of Costa Rica was covered in Forest but the natives burned it down to have room for cattle (Butler). The ecotourism has become one of the most important source of revenue for Costa Rica. The tourist come to see the five different layers of the rainforest. They are the emergent, canopy, understory, the shrub layer, and the ground layer (Costa Rica 21). In each layer there are many different types of animals that live in each layer, some of these animals don’t even leave the layer that they stay in. Tourists also go to see the many types of animals.
There are 500,000 different types of species in Costa Rica, 4% of the world.
There are also many types of plants in the Costa Rican rainforests. Costa Rica offers