Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica, one of the consolidated democracies more of America, has maintained a good stability political, in spite of the economic and social difficulties of last the two decades.

they have happened through two battles In the city of Rivas, Nicaragua, two famous battles of the Central American war against the filibusteros of William Walker took place. In first battle de Rivas, that took place the 11 of April of 1856, the forces of the army of Costa Rica, directed personally by President Juan Rafael Blackberry Clubs, In the second battle of Rivas, that took place the 11 of April of 1857, the combined forceses of the five Central American countries, directed by Costa Rican General Jose Joaquin Blackberry Clubs

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