258. Costa Rica: Civil War

Join Tom and Dominic as they continue the World Cup series by discussing the Costa Rican Civil War. This event is filled with tremendous characters, including the historian-cum-president Teodoro Picado Michalski, José Figueres Ferrer who abolished the army, and the infamous Dr Valverde.
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[@IreliAmBad]

One of my favorite episodes of this podcast, just for the banter alone. Holland attempting to describe Dr. Valverde had me crying with laughter.

[@DatingJames]

Tom "I imagine he has a pencil moustache, nazi-esque spectacles and does experiments on amphibians for fun" Holland😂

[@jaronneutronix3231]

That makes him sound like an old school Bond villain haha 😂😂

[@2906nico]

Figueres is brilliant. Thanks for this epic episode.

[@liche1410]

Great episode! Greetings from Costa Rica

[@ekesandras1481]

9:04 There are still Native Americans in Costa Rica who don't speak Spanish as their mother tongue ... not many, but they exist, mainly on the Caribbean side of the country. I myself have been in one of those villages, namely Bribrí. Only some men who work outside of the community understood Castilian, the women didn't at all.

[@dougc2568]

tom seemed disappointedd by the modest casualties...

[@d.c.8828]

That's a pretty fascinating story!

[@extraflaky49]

Thanks for this amazing series!

[@CL-we8tn]

I must admit I'm learning history of countries I did not know before.

[@Russianninja956]

History is neat.

[@raoulduke8003]

Spectacular!

[@ahmedelakrab]

Wow, just wow!

[@gideononah4309]

Remarkable!

[@erickavargas5568]

To be fair, I checked with my parents and they do not know anything about Valverde either. Mom's family fought for Calderon, dad's for Figueres.

[@JNovoa-cu4pv]

Puraa Vidaa 🤙🏼🇨🇷

[@CL-we8tn]

@TomHolland there is one Costa Rican subscriber left 👇👇👇do look after him.

[@CptAJbanned]

Come on! Fallen arms means you go to work but dont do shit. You drop your arms. Lazy arms policy? Easy to figure out 😅

[@d.c.8828]

What do Trump or Putin have to do with anything???

[@Ozgipsy]

“Marketing scam”😂😂

[@CL-we8tn]

Is it still about soccer?

[@user-bo1sl7gs9x]

*football. But no it's not.

[@CL-we8tn]

@@user-bo1sl7gs9x lol, thank you, darling

[@CL-we8tn]

😢

[@dgoins6]

Please make another podcast explaining the history without the over talking, laughing, and jokes. I want to learn and this is too confusing.

[@slowraceultra]

Absolutely disgraceful behaviour spreading hate and lies. Thumbs down for this channel.

[@petorian343]

What? To what are you referring?

[@sci-fimoto]

Womp womp

[@sci-fimoto]

Cry about it rahhhhhhhhhhh