At the dawn of Independence, our society desperately seeks a way out of the economic and social confinement that the Spanish colony has imposed on it. The cultivation of coffee is presented as a viable option, but the landowners refuse to grow it, fearful of losing their colonial privileges.
This document shows the solidarity of the people and government of Costa Rica towards the people of Nicaragua in their fight against one of the most opprobrious tyrannies in Latin American history: the dictatorship of the Somoza family. It aims to point out the reasons that moved Costa Ricans to support the insurrectional feat carried out by the Nicaraguan people in their desire to achieve freedom, after 43 years of Somoza repression.
