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Like Castro, Gueverra, and Sandino, Jose Figueres Ferrer holds a place as one of the most important revolutionary and political forces in Latin American history. This so-called “father of modern Costa Rica” led his country to revolution and eventual
democracy. Known affectionately as “Don Pepe” by his admirers, Figueres was both an enemy of communist and a thorn in ....
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.... the surrender of President Picado, a puppet of Calderon, and the
Vanguardia forces, Figueres would seize control of Costa Rica as the head of the revolutionary junta for eighteen months. Control was then turned over to the rightful winner of the 1948 election, and Figueres would return for three terms as president, the
first in 1953 and the final beginning in 1970. (Longley, 3)
During his interim term following the revolution and his subsequent terms as president, Figueres woul ....
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