Polity Costa Rica (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Costa Rica that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

  • March 1921: Panama was forced by the United States to accept the White ruling and to cede the Coto region to Costa Rica.

Chronology

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1. Coto War

Was a conflict between Panama and Costa Rica over territorial disputes.

  • March 1921: Panama was forced by the United States to accept the White ruling and to cede the Coto region to Costa Rica.
  • January 1922: An expeditionary force led by Colonel Héctor Zúñiga Mora occupying on behalf of Costa Rica the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Coto.

Disestablishment

  • January 1922: An expeditionary force led by Colonel Héctor Zúñiga Mora occupying on behalf of Costa Rica the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Coto.