William Walker was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies. Such an enterprise was known at the time as "filibustering".
José Bruno Carranza Ramírez was briefly President of Costa Rica in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesús Jiménez. He resigned three months later.
Juan Rafael Mora Porras was President of Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859.
António Pinto Soares was Head of State of Costa Rica from September 11 to September 27, 1842.
In the 19th century, Nicaragua was beset by political problems, allowing William Walker, an American Southerner seeking to establish English-speaking slavery states in Latin America, to ascend to the Nicaraguan presidency.
Manuel Argüello Mora was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1834. He is one of the foremost Costa Rican writers, and with 1888's Misterio, was its first novelist. He obtained his education at the University of Santo Tomás in Costa Rica and the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in law. Orphaned at a young age, he was brought up by his uncle Juan Rafael Mora Porras, the president of Costa Rica between 1849 and 1859, and his historical novel La trinchera recounts Mora Porras' campaign against William Walker's forces in Nicaragua in 1856. After Mora Porras was deposed, he followed his uncle into exile in Europe in 1859. He returned in 1860 during Mora Porras' attempt to regain power, and was spared from the firing squad which executed the former president. Between 1860 and 1902 he served on the Costa Rican Supreme Court and was the rector of the University of Santo Tomás. Along with writing within a number of genres, he also founded the weekly newspaper La Reforma. He died in San José in 1902.
Mora is the seventh canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. Its head city is Colón.
José María Cañas Escamilla was a Salvadoran military figure. He was born in Suchitoto, El Salvador.
Porras or Porras, and refers to Sporran. Porran Old Scottish Gaelic. McSporran, MacSporran.
Francisco María Yglesias Llorente was a Costa Rican politician and historian. He was born in Cartago, Costa Rica, on 28 October 1825 and died in San Jose, Costa Rica on 8 November 1903. He was the son of Joaquin de Yglesias Vidamartel and Petronila Llorente y Lafuente, sister of the first Bishop of Costa Rica Anselmo Llorente y Lafuente. He married in San Jose, Costa Rica on 4 October 1878 with his niece Enriqueta Tinoco Yglesias.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Costa Rica.
Manuel Aguilar Chacón was head of state of Costa Rica from April 1837 to March 1838.
Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla was a Costa Rican politician and the Head of State of Costa Rica from November to December 1844.
José Miguel Mora Porras was interim President of Costa Rica from 15 November to 26 November 1849, when he turned over power to his older brother Juan Rafael Mora Porras.
Mora is a Spanish surname.
General elections were held in Costa Rica between 2 and 9 December 1849. They were the first presidential elections after the Reformed Constitution of 1848 created the title of "President". Previously the equivalent office was called "Head of State".
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 April 1853. President Juan Rafael Mora Porras was re-elected, having been elected in 1849 to end the period of José María Castro Madriz.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 8 April 1860. They were held one year after the previous elections in which Juan Rafael Mora Porras was re-elected. However, Mora was deposed months after his reelection and one of the coup leaders, José María Montealegre Fernández, assumed power. Montealegre immediately called for elections and a Constituent Assembly. The Moristas postulated Manuel Mora Fernández, relative of Juan Rafael, without success.
The Coto War was a conflict between Panama and Costa Rica fought between 21 February and 5 March 1921. The casus belli occurred when a Costa Rican expeditionary force led by Colonel Héctor Zúñiga Mora occupied the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Coto, a hamlet on the banks of the Coto River. At that time the hamlet was in the Alanje district of the Panamanian province of Chiriquí. Zúñiga justified the incursion by the fact that there was no definite border between Costa Rica and Panama. The event ignited nationalism both in Costa Rica and in Panama.
Manuel María de Jesús Gutiérrez Flores was a Costa Rican musician, composer, and military man. He was the author of the music of the National anthem of Costa Rica, whose first performance took place on 11 June 1852, when President Juan Rafael Mora Porras received the delegations from the United States and Great Britain. He is also the author of the music of the Patriótica costarricense.
