Contest this year will be essays on living without an army
- by crv.staff
- 23.10.09
- 8:00 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica, Costa Rica Living
Source: AM Costarica
This year an annual contest commemorating the abolition of the Costa Rica army will be literary in tone. Contestants are being asked to produce 10 short essays on how living in a country without an army has affected their lives and their experiences.
The contest is being run by the Centro Cultural e Histórico José Figueres Ferrer in Alajuela, an agency of the Ministerio de Cultura, Juventud y Deportes.
Those who enter must be at least 12 years old. There are categories for juveniles, professionals and amateurs. First prize in each group is 150,000 colons or about $260.
Each short essay should be no longer than 200 words, including title, said the center. The 10 short essays will be handed in under a pseudonym so that judges do not know the author, said the center.
The center runs a contest every year, but the type varies.
There have been painting, poetry and even graphic arts contests.
More information is available on the center Web site. The winners will be announced Dec. 5, the 61st anniversary of the announcement by then-president José Figueres Ferrer that the army would be abolished.
Costa Rica is well known in the world as the country without an army. A standing army is prohibited by the Costa Rican Constitution although the same document gives the central government the power to form an army in times of national emergency.
Figueres had just beaten the country’s army with his own army of rebels when he abolished the military. Some historians said he did so because he feared a coup by the then-defense minister.
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