Intelligence Service in Costa Rica: historical background and development (1923-1963)

 

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Egilea: Vargas González, Hugo
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:2025
Deskribapena:The Directorate of National Security and Intelligence (DIS) emerged amid a political crisis in Costa Rica within a complex international framework. Both processes have been overlooked in the history of the institution due to limited knowledge about its origins and development. Consequently, this article analyzes the initial historical trajectory of the DIS to identify its background and origins and, fundamentally, to explain its activities within the context of the early stage of the Cold War in Central America. Thus, the period under review corresponds to the beginnings of intelligence professionalization in Costa Rica and culminates with the first response to the new regional dynamics triggered by the Cuban Revolution.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/312
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/312
Gako-hitza:Seguridad nacional
Guerra Fría
Servicio de inteligencia
Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad
Costa Rica
National security
Cold War
Intelligence service
Intelligence and Security Directorate