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Costa Rica Essay

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1. How did Costa Rica earn its independence? -Costa Rica earned its independence like the rest of Central america. They never fought for their independence from Spain. Costa Rica then becomes part of the Independent Mexican Empire. On September 15, 1821, after the final Spanish defeat in the Mexican War of Independence which lasted through 1810–1821. Soon the authorities in Guatemala declared the independence of all of Central America including Costa Rica. 2. How does Costa Rica’s government system work? -Costa Rica is a free, democratic, and independent republic. It's government is popular, representative, alternative and responsible, exercised by three supreme powers which are district and independent of each other. They are the Executive …show more content…

They are separated into 3 categories, Health disasters, Man-made disasters, Natural disasters. There have only been 1 health disaster in costa rica, the 2009 Pandemic Flu. In March and April of 2009, an outbreak of a stain flu, or known as the swine flu was discovered to have infected some people in Mexico along with California and Texas. On April 28 Costa Rica became the first Central American country to report the outbreak of the virus with a confirmed infection. Their were around 10 deaths because of this flu. Next are Man-made disasters. One of them was the El Virilla train accident. This tragettied occured on March 14 1926 when a train that was overcrowded with farmers and labourers derailed while crossing a bridge across the Virilla River Canyon, killing 248 and injuring 93. There have been many natural disasters in Costa Rica. One of them was the October 2008 Central American floods. This was caused by a series of low-pressured areas. The heavy rainfall began October 2009. Then it extended to Mexico and Costa Rica with several weeks of rainfall. It then started to form floods. 32 bridges were damaged and roads in 174 locations, while 1,396 homes were damaged, killing seven people. In total 50,000 people to leave their homes and there were 60 deaths. Another natural disaster was the 1991 Limon earthquake. It started to occur around 3:57 pm on April 22 The earthquake was the strongest recorded in Costa Rica's history killing around 47-87

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