Like Castro, Gueverra, and Sandino, Jose Figueres Ferrer holds a place as one of the most important revolutionary and political forces in Latin American history. This so-called “father of modern Costa Rica” led his country to revolution and eventual democracy. Known affectionately as “Don Pepe” by his admirers, Figueres was both an enemy of communist and a thorn in the side of the United States. While putting down a communist regime and allying himself consistently …showed first 75 words of 1377 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1377 total…Rica”, is uncanny and cunning. Bibliography 1) Cockcroft, Costa Rica. 2) Ameringer, Charles; Don Pepe; 1978; University of New Mexico Press. 3) Langley, Kyle; The Sparrow and the Hawk; 1997; University of Alabama Press. 4)Langley, Kyle; Resistance and Accommodation: The United States and the Nationalism of Jose Figueres; Diplomatic History; V18n1; 1994; pp. 128. 5) Baker, Christopher; Costa Rica Handbook; http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/cr/moon/history. 6) CIA involvement in Costa Rica; http://www.cat.org.av/a4a/costa1.