Costa Rica–Mexico relations peaceful resolution. This was known as the "Pacto de la embajada de México". The war ended in April 1948 and Costa Rica entered into its 'Second Republic.' During the central-American wars taking place in neighboring El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua; both Costa Rica and Mexico led mediation dialogues between warring factions in each nation in order to bring peace and stability to the region. Mexico (along with Colombia, Panama and Venezuela) created the Contadora Group which helped create the framework for the Esquipulas Peace Agreement, led by Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias. Presidential visits from Costa Rica to Mexico Presidential
Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica (1955) Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica (1955) The Calderonista Inavsion of Costa Rica was a small rebellion carried out in North-West Costa Rica by forces loyal to the disgruntled former president Rafael Calderon, and was supported by the Government of Nicaragua who were unhappy with the election of Jose "Pepe" Figueres Ferrer to the Costa Rican Presidency two years prior. The rebellion started when forces loyal to former president Rafael Calderon, who were backed by the Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza García, crossed the border from Nicaragua into Costa Rica. The rebel forces seized the border town of Villa Quesada on January