Costa Rica: Civil War (TRIH ep 258)
1948 · Resource
In this World Cup-themed episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the history of Costa Rica, concentrating on the 1948 Civil War and its long-term consequences. Dominic narrates the lead-up: populist president Rafael Ángel Calderón, his weak successor Teodoro Picado Michalski, allegations of electoral fraud, and the legislature's annulment of the election won by the journalist Otilio Ulate Blanco, which triggered revolt.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1948
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)