Today Costa Rica is not a military state. It has no military. Although, it does have military in it´s history under one leader, Tomás Guardia. This man became president of Costa Rica after a military coup that got ride of Jesus Jimenez Zamora. His leadership skills were similar to Carrillo's, dictatorial. Guardia used his dictatorial powers to punish enemies and promote the nation's progress (just like Carrillo!!!).He will be remembered for many things including his high taxes, the revenues of which he spent on education, public health, and transportation. He actually went and got a loan from England to build his Atlantic Railroad, which was the start of Costa Rica's foreign debt. Minor Cooper Keith (the guy who married Josè Marìa Castro's daughter).
Other Achievements Include:
- abolishing the death penalty
- the 1871 Constitution
- establishing a prison island, San Lucas
- constructing the railroad to the Atlantic
- founded the Union Bank (today it's the Bank of Costa Rica)
- started the export of bananas
- and increased the number of schools
From his achievements one can tell that Guardia was a very military oriented leader.
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