Civil War Repercussions
Despite the fact that this civil war alone was relatively small in scale - its duration was short and about two thousand casualties - its consequences have had lasting results on the country and the region as a whole.
- The strong ties that came about due to US aid helped to lift Costa Rica out of the economic instability that it had been facing in the years before the revolution.
- The new articles of the constitution rewritten by Figueres' regime eliminated the fraudulent aspect of elections that had been an identifiable part of Costa Rica's electoral processes in the past. Note. This assertion is thoroughly disputed by Picado in his book Memorias, ISBN 9968-31-164-2, published in 2001 by Editorial Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica. The new constitution also abolished the army, and gave Blacks and women the right to vote.
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