Public Forces of Costa Rica education and culture. Costa Rica maintains Police Guard forces. The museum "Museo Nacional de Costa Rica" was placed in the "Cuartel Bellavista" as a symbol of commitment to culture. In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the "Día de la Abolición del Ejército" (Military abolition day) with Law #8115. Unlike its neighbors, Costa Rica has not endured a civil war since 1948. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement, but has no permanent standing army. In 1996, the Ministry of Public Security established the "Fuerza Pública" or Public Force, a gendarmarie which reorganized and eliminated
United World College of Costa Rica United World College of Costa Rica The United World College Costa Rica (UWC Costa Rica, also known by its acronym UWCCR) ("Spanish" - Colegio del Mundo Unido Costa Rica), located in the Santa Ana suburb of San José, is the 11th college in the UWC movement and the first to offer instruction in both English and Spanish. The College, formerly the ""Colegio Internacional SOS Hermann Gmeiner"," opened in August 2006 and graduated its first UWC-admitted applicants in 2008. As of 2016, it contains 172 international students from more than 70 different countries. Students throughout the UWC movement are selected based