Perfecto. Recordemos logros del pasado, mientras ignoramos las crisis del presente… Bien doña Laura!
President Laura Chinchilla and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli commended Costa Rica on Thursday morning when citizens and visitors gathered at the National Museum to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the abolition of Costa Rica’s army.
On Dec. 1, 1948, eight months after the end of Costa Rica’s 44-day civil war, then-president José “Pepe” Figueres signed the law that abolished the military.
“The end of the military in Costa Rica is one of the most important facts of the trajectory of our country,” said Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo.
But not everyone agreed with the decision to host Martinelli as one of the event’s guests of honor. The Friends Peace Center simultaneously hosted a separate ceremony at the National Monument, where they celebrated 63 years without an army and used the event to voice concerns over current events in Costa Rica and the region.
Photos by Alberto Font.
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