Once led by Laura Chinchilla it is just south of the Mosquito Coast.
A bloody civil war in this nation was incited when its president passed 15 constitutional amendments called the Social Guarantees, and the Alien Property Law, which allowed its government to seize German and Italian property after a German submarine attack. Earlier, this country was alternately ruled by men called Don Ricardo and Don Cleto. The assassination of communist Mora Valverde, who led the People's Vanguard, and the overthrow of its president Teodoro Picado started its civil war in 1948. Its first president José Madriz, the "founder of the republic," moved its capital from a city where the Virgin of the Angels, a black Madonna known as La Negrita, is kept at its basilica. That former capital is Cartago, while a cloud forest reserve is located at this nation's town of Monteverde, founded by American Quakers. Once led by Laura Chinchilla it is just south of the Mosquito Coast. For 10 points, name this country which has had a border dispute with its northern neighbor Nicaragua.
A bloody civil war in this nation was incited when its president passed 15 constitutional amendments called the Social Guarantees, and the Alien Property Law, which allowed its government to seize German and Italian property after a German submarine attack.
Republic of Costa Rica