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    José Figueres Ferrer served as president of Costa Rica for three terms from 1948 to 1974. He led Costa Rica during the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948 after part of the electoral material was destroyed in a mysterious fire. One of his main achievements was abolishing the Costa Rican army. Figueres Ferrer was born in Costa Rica and studied engineering in the United States. He denounced corruption in the Costa Rican government and was exiled, but later returned and led the movement that resulted in his victory in the 1948 election.

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    José Figueres Ferrer served as president of Costa Rica for three terms from 1948 to 1974. He led Costa Rica during the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948 after part of the electoral material was destroyed in a mysterious fire. One of his main achievements was abolishing the Costa Rican army. Figueres Ferrer was born in Costa Rica and studied engineering in the United States. He denounced corruption in the Costa Rican government and was exiled, but later returned and led the movement that resulted in his victory in the 1948 election.

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    José Figueres Ferrer served as president of Costa Rica for three terms from 1948 to 1974. He led Costa Rica during the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948 after part of the electoral material was destroyed in a mysterious fire. One of his main achievements was abolishing the Costa Rican army. Figueres Ferrer was born in Costa Rica and studied engineering in the United States. He denounced corruption in the Costa Rican government and was exiled, but later returned and led the movement that resulted in his victory in the 1948 election.

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    José Figueres Ferrer

    English Presentation #2
    Kevin Aguilar
    He served as president of the Republic of Costa Rica
    for three terms:

    1948 (Junta of the Second Republic)


    1948 (April to May) (Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica)
    1953 to 1974 (32nd and 36th president of Costa Rica )
    Costa Rican Civil War

    Was due to the fact that part of the electoral material was destroyed in a fire
    whose origin was never established.
    One of its main achievements
    was the abolition of the Costa
    Rican army.
    Figueres Ferrer

     Figueres Ferrer was born in San Ramón


     In 1924 he left for Boston, U.S.A. (There he studies hydroelectric engineering
    at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.)
    Political life
    In a radio speech given on July 8, 1942, he denounced irregular acts and
    corruption on the part of the then government, led by Rafael Calderón Guardia.

    For this event they were exiled from Costa Rica.

    He returns to Costa Rica, and takes action when the electoral fraud was
    executed in the country, achieving a victory for him as leader of the movement.
    Political life

    On December 1, 1948, José Figueres declared the abolition of the Army in a


    symbolic act in which he demolished with a sledgehammer the battlements on
    the west side of the central courtyard of the Bellavista Barracks, site where the
    National Museum of Costa Rica now stands.
    Later life

    His party managed to become president of the country twice, where he reformed
    many things.
    The Palacion Nacional is destroyed
    The vast majority of ministries and autonomous institutions were created.
    Death

    He died in San José on June 8, 1990 at the age of 83


    Publications

    1. Cartas a un ciudadano (1956).


    2. La pobreza de las naciones (1973).
    3. Así nacen las palabras y los cuentos (1976).
    4. Franjas de luz: arboricultura en el paralelo 10 (1979).
    5. El espíritu del 48 (1987).
    6. Cubaces tiernos en abril (2002).
    7. José Figueres. Escritos y discursos 1942
    Main achievements

     Creation of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE).


     Abolition of the army
     Approval of women's suffrage.
     Creation of the National Institute of Housing and Urbanism (INVU).
     Creation of the Mixed Institute of Social Assistance (Instituto Mixto de Ayuda
    Social)
     Nationalization of the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE).
     Transfer of Hospitals to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja
    Costarricense de Seguro Social).

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