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'''Costa Rican people of European descent''' or '''White Costa Ricans''' are people from ] whose ancestry lies within the continent of ], most notably ]. According to DNA studies, around 47% of the population have some level of European ancestry.<ref name="nacion"/> |
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'''Costa Rican people of European descent''' or '''White Costa Ricans''' are people from ] whose ancestry lies within the continent of ], most notably ]. According to DNA studies, around 47% of the population have some level of European ancestry.<ref name="nacion"/> |
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] and crew were the first Europeans ever to set foot on what is now Costa Rica in Columbus last trip when he arrived to ] (modern day ]) in 1502.<ref name="Planet">{{cite journal|title=Costa Rica|journal=Lonely Planet|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica/history|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> Costa Rica was part of the ] and colonized by Spaniards mostly ], ] and ]. After the ] large migrations of wealthy ], ], ] and ] businessmen<ref name="Planet"/> came to the country encouraged by the government and followed by their families and employees (many of them technicians and professionals) creating colonies and mixing with the population, especially the ] and ].<ref name="SICREM">{{cite journal|title=OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION (Costa Rica)|journal=SICREM|url=http://www.migracionoea.org/index.php/en/sicremi-en/reports/34-sicremi/publicacion-2012/paises-en/515-sintesis-historica-de-la-migracion-internacional-costa-rica.html|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> Later, more humble migrations of ], Spanish (mostly ]) and ] (mostly ] and ]) migrants visit the country escaping economical crisis in their home countries, setting in large, more closed colonies.<ref name="Planet"/> ], mostly ] escaping ] and ] also migrated to the country in large numbers.<ref name="Planet"/> In 1901 president ] closes the country to all non-white immigration forbidding the entrance of all ], ], ], ] or ] migration in the country. After the beginning of the ] large migration of ] also settle in the country, mostly ], ] and ],<ref name="SICREM"/> as later ], ], ] and ]<ref name="Planet"/> migrants would leave their countries traveling to Costa Rica escaping from war or dictatorships as Costa Rica is the longest running democracy in ] and unlike most of its neighbors had no dictatorship during the 20th century.<ref name="Planet"/> <ref name="SICREM"/> |
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