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    Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace...
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    then younger leader Óscar Arias won the party’s nomination facing the traditional leadership of the party, including Figueres. Arias won also the country’s...
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  • Óscar Luis Arias Suárez (born 5 January 1966), known simply as Óscar, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the director of...
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    held in Costa Rica on 5 February 2006. In the presidential election, Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional), a former...
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    served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice...
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  • Central American presidents. On February 15, 1987, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias submitted a Peace Plan which evolved[clarification needed] from this...
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    because death is part of evolution. — Óscar Alberto Pérez Pérez would later approach Venezuelan filmmaker Óscar Rivas about creating a movie to improve...
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    PLN's candidate Óscar Arias, but it turned out to be the closest in modern history. Although polls just a week before the election gave Arias a comfortable...
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    emerge in subsequent years. Under the leadership of Costa Rican president Óscar Arias, the so-called Esquipulas Peace Agreement emerged from the remains of...
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  • Arias is a Spanish surname. Notable individuals with the surname include: Arias Gonzalo (born 1020) Spanish aristocrat and knight Alberto Árias (born...
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    Chinchilla, Sofia (December 18, 2019). "Archivo de CIA revela gestiones de Óscar Arias y Daniel Oduber para negociar salida de Noriega". La Nación (San José)...
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  • their respective countries upon receiving the Nobel Prize. Those include Óscar Arias Sánchez of Costa Rica and Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, who were presidents;...
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    brother, Óscar Arias Sánchez, from 1986 to 1990 and 2006 to 2010. Sánchez was born in Heredia on 26 July 1946, the second child after Óscar Arias, of Juan...
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    Economic Policy as well as second Vice President of Costa Rica under Óscar Arias from May 8, 2006 until September 22, 2007. He earned his JD from the...
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    Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica "Costa Rica's new president: After Arias: Tax increases, trade deals and antidisestablishmentarianism". The Economist...
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    President Óscar Arias (1986–1990), appointed Figueres to overhaul the ailing National Railway System, INCOFER. He was then appointed Minister in the Arias government...
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    acusa al ex presidente Óscar Arias de abuso sexual" [The former Miss Costa Rica speaks who accuses former president Óscar Arias of sexual abuse]. El Comercio...
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  • Salamanca and University of Coimbra 1987: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 1988: Óscar Arias 1989: Jacques Delors and Mikhail Gorbachev 1990: Hans-Dietrich Genscher...
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    Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1986: Elie Wiesel 1987: Óscar Arias 1988: UN Peacekeeping Forces 1989: Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama) 1990:...
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  • little-known ex-President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez. Centering on frank and illuminating conversations with Arias himself, his daughter, brother, former...
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  • Bachelet (only her first term) in  Chile Juan Manuel Santos in  Colombia Óscar Arias, José María Figueres, Laura Chinchilla, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Luis...
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    Executive Decree Number 2. This freeze lasted 47 years until President Óscar Arias Sánchez re-established normal relations on 18 March 2009, saying, "If...
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  • President of Egypt 1978 Menachem Begin  Israel 6th Prime Minister of Israel Óscar Arias  Costa Rica President of Costa Rica 1987 Mikhail Gorbachev  Soviet Union...
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    Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The 1987 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Óscar Arias, who completed his doctorate in political science in 1973. The 2010 Nobel...
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    Jean-Marie Lehn; Charles J. Pedersen Susumu Tonegawa Joseph Brodsky Óscar Arias Robert Solow 1988 Leon M. Lederman; Melvin Schwartz; Jack Steinberger...
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    who was Minister of Public Health [es] during the administrations of Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006–2010) and Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010–2014). The daughter...
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    Luis Fishman Zonzinski Preceded by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Succeeded by Óscar Arias Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica In office 1 May 1998 –...
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    Solís ran for president again, losing to the PLN's Oscar Arias Sanchez by less than 2% of the votes. Arias only won by a few thousand votes over the 40 percent...
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    its course, Óscar Arias, the newly elected president of Costa Rica, drew up a plan that focused on democratization. While he viewed the Arias plan as riddled...
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    fellows and board members with CIP, including former Costa Rican president Óscar Arias Sánchez, UN ambassador Dessima Williams, Michael Barnes, and Matthew...
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