Army of National Liberation

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The Army of National Liberation was an armed revolutionary movement in Costa Rica that played a key role in the 1948 civil war and laid the groundwork for the later formation of the National Liberation Party.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Army of National Liberation canonical 1
National Liberation Army 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed revolutionary movement ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeInConflict Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1948 ⓘ
alliedWith National Union Party (Costa Rica) ⓘ
Social Democratic Party (Costa Rica) ⓘ
armedStruggleType insurgency ⓘ
armedWith light infantry weapons ⓘ
associatedIdeology Figuerismo ⓘ
associatedWith Founding Junta of the Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
baseOfOperations Cartago Province ⓘ
San Isidro de El General ⓘ
commander José Figueres Ferrer ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
disbandedAfter victory in the 1948 civil war ⓘ
disbandedInContextOf creation of the Founding Junta of the Second Republic ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of La Sierra ⓘ
Battle of Ochomogo (1948) ⓘ
Battle of San Isidro de El General ⓘ
goal defense of electoral results of 1948 presidential election ⓘ
overthrow of the 1944–1948 Costa Rican government ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
influenced Costa Rican postwar social reforms ⓘ
inspiredFormationOf National Liberation Party ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
leader José Figueres Ferrer ⓘ
militaryWingOf Social Democratic movement in Costa Rica ⓘ
notableFor key role in Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 ⓘ
laying groundwork for National Liberation Party ⓘ
notableMember José Figueres Ferrer ⓘ
opposedBy Communist militias aligned with the government ⓘ
Costa Rican government forces (1948) ⓘ
opposedTo Calderón Guardia political faction ⓘ
Teodoro Picado Michalski government ⓘ
partOf Costa Rican revolutionary movements ⓘ
politicalPosition center-left ⓘ
preceded National Liberation Party ⓘ
recruitmentBase rural peasants ⓘ
urban middle-class supporters of opposition parties ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
resultedIn abolition of the Costa Rican army ⓘ
founding of the Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor National Liberation Party ⓘ
supportedCandidate Otilio Ulate Blanco ⓘ
territorialControl large parts of southern Costa Rica during 1948 civil war ⓘ
usedFlag green and white flag associated with later PLN symbolism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Costa Rican National Liberation Party → historicalPrecursor → Army of National Liberation ⓘ
Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 → belligerent → National Liberation Army ⓘ
linked to: Army of National Liberation