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    José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990) served three terms as President of Costa Rica: 1948–1949, 1953–1958 and 1970–1974...
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    and Optimism. Figueres was born in San José, Costa Rica. Her father, José Figueres Ferrer, was President of Costa Rica three times. Figueres' mother, Karen...
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    appointed as the new President of the Carbon War Room. José María Figueres is the son of José Figueres Ferrer (known as Don Pepe), who was a three-time President...
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    been achieved by fraud. This triggered an armed uprising led by José Figueres Ferrer, a businessman who had not participated in the elections, against...
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  • journalist José Ferrer (Spanish footballer) (born 1950), retired Spanish footballer José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990), president of Costa Rica José Joaquín...
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    the First Lady of Costa Rica during the governments of her husband José Figueres Ferrer 1954-1958 and 1970–1974, a Legislative Assemblywoman and the Ambassador...
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    rebel group called National Liberation Army commanded by caudillo José Figueres Ferrer led a rebellion against the government of then President Rafael Angel...
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    wealth, and political influence of the Costa Rican military. In 1948, José Figueres Ferrer led an armed uprising in the wake of a disputed presidential election...
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    returned to Costa Rica and participated in the revolution led by José Figueres Ferrer. When their faction won, he was named Secretary General of the Second...
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    long-time friend of José Figueres Ferrer, with whom he had traveled together to study in the United States, Orlich was Figueres' second in command within...
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    Costa Rica of social democracy and democratic socialism initiated by José Figueres Ferrer, who exercised the presidency of Costa Rica on three occasions; as...
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    General elections were held in Costa Rica on 26 July 1953. José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst...
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    (Unionist) and José Figueres Ferrer (Social-Democrat). Figueres was eliminated in the first round and with his support, Ulate won in the second. Figueres was named...
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    Teodoro Picado Michalski, by a group of revolutionaries headed by José Figueres Ferrer. After the end of the Civil War which lasted 44 days and the peace...
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    elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1970. Former President José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst...
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    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...
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  • Figueres can refer to: Figueres, a town in Catalonia, Spain, the birthplace of the artist Salvador Dalí. Figueres onion, an onion cultivar named after...
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    José María Zeledón Brenes. The anthem's lyrics were made official in 1949 by the Founding Junta of the Second Republic, led by José Figueres Ferrer....
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  • Second Republic chaired by José Figueres Ferrer who proclaimed the beginning of the Second Costa Rican Republic. José Figueres would hand over the Executive...
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    1917–19, Federico Tinoco Granados ruled as a dictator. In 1948, José Figueres Ferrer led an armed uprising in the wake of a disputed presidential election...
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    retired in Costa Rica. While there she met and would later marry José Figueres Ferrer. Figueres would go on to lead the opposition forces in the 1948 Costa...
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  • Don Pepe may refer to: People José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990), Costa Rican politician; President three times José Amalfitani (1894–1969), Argentine construction...
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    Teodoro Picado Michalski (category People from San José, Costa Rica)
    the protests over the election results grew into a revolution. José Figueres Ferrer, with the help of "La Legion del Caribe" of which Fidel Castro was...
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    law of Costa Rica. At the end of the 1948 Costa Rican Civil War, José Figueres Ferrer oversaw the Costa Rican Constitutional Assembly, which drafted the...
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  • J. R. Jayewardene, President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996) September 25 José Figueres Ferrer, 32nd, 34th, & 38th President of Costa Rica (d. 1990) Dmitri Shostakovich...
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  • in San José Mangrove swamp - White-headed capuchin monkey, mangrove crab, Red mangrove 10,000 colones 146 mm x 67 mm Green José Figueres Ferrer, Abolition...
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    would ally itself with the United States "for the common defense." José Figueres Ferrer, a Costa Rican businessman, had been exiled from Costa Rica in 1942...
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  • composer Josep Ferrer i Bujons (born 1959), Catalan writer, poet, and linguist José Ferrer Selma (born 1950), Spanish footballer José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990)...
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    Ugarteche (1939–1945; 1956–1962) 18 January 1957  Costa Rica – President José Figueres Ferrer (1948–1949; 1953–1958; 1970–1974) 6 March 1957 Order of Malta – Lieutenant...
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    Bolivia Augusto Pinochet, Chile Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombia José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rica Fidel Castro, Cuba Rafael Trujillo, Dominican Republic...
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