Otilio Ulate Blanco
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Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco was a Costa Rican journalist and politician who served as the 31st President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953. His disputed election in 1948, whereby he w
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José Figueres Ferrer
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José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer was a Costa Rican farmer, revolutionary leader, and statesman who served as the 32nd and 36th President of Costa Rica from 1953 to 1958 and from 1970 to 1974. He wa
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…1953. His disputed election in 1948, whereby he was denied victory by the legislature in favor of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, was the direct cause of José Figueres Ferrer's armed uprising of that year and the ensuing 44-day Costa Rican Civil War. His French heritage comes from his mother, Ermida Blanco. He never married…
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Firma Jose Don Pepe Figueres Ferrer
Monument to José Figueres Ferrer commemorating his abolishing of Costa Rica's army in 1948, Plaza de la Democracia, San José