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The junta made revolutionary changes by dissolving the Costa Rican army,
outlawing the Communist Party, nationalizing banks, and beginning civil service
reform. There was opposition to these changes; on December 10, 1948, armed
Calderonista rebels exiled in Nicaragua invaded Costa Rica but were repulsed,
while the Organization of American States sent a commission to investigate
Somoza's involvement in the invasion. In early 1949, a Costa Rican
constitutional assembly met, confirmed the earlier election of Ulate, and
drafted a new constitution. On November 8, 1949, Figueres turned over the
government to Ulate.
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