Costa Rica: Quest For Democracy (Nations of the Modern World: Latin America)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: October 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813337142
Subjects: American history; Political structures: democracy; Latin America - South America; History; History - General History; History: World; Costa Rica; World - General; History / World
First sentence: A tidal wave of military dictatorship swept Latin America in the 1970s, crushing both the Chilean and Uruguayan constitutional regimes in 1973.