J2239-2011 Actions

• Jun 7, 2011: ADOPTED
• Jun 7, 2011: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Jun 3, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J2239-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating 190 years of Costa Rican Independ-
 rom Spain on September 15, 2011

 S, Pre-Columbian Costa Rica is where Mesoamerican and South Ameri-
 tive cultures met; Columbus first reached Costa Rica in 1502; and
 EAS, Costa Rica was named with great optimism on part of the Span-
 xpecting to soon be exporting gold, silver and minerals  -  though
 eloped and remained an isolated agricultural zone; and
 EAS,  Unlike many Spanish colonies, Costa Rican settlers developed
 land by their own means and largely without the use of  indigenous
   as  forced  labor;  this led to less economic outputs and future
 ity to share in the prosperity like the rest of the Spanish  colo-
 -  but  left  a  lasting legacy of egalitarianism and an unmatched
 of local wealth; and
 EAS, Spanish settlers operated large farms in rich soils of  Costa
  hills yielding bananas and coffee - allowing these isolated inde-
 t farmers to accumulate great and unaccounted wealth; and
 EAS, Costa Rica joined other Central American provinces on Septem-
 , 1821, in a joint declaration of independence from Spain; after a
  time  in  the  Mexican  Empire of Agustin de Iturbide, Costa Rica
  a state in the Federal Republic of Central America from  1823  to
 and
 EAS,  Costa  Rica  has since enjoyed a legacy of great freedom and
 ty, wealth and prosperity; and
 EAS, Many Costa Ricans have made New York  their  home,  and  this
 ative  Body  is  justly  proud to thank the Costa Rican people for
 contributions to this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 LVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 orate  190 years of Costa Rican Independence from Spain on Septem-
 , 2011.