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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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    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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    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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    results of the election. This triggered an armed uprising led by José Figueres Ferrer, a businessman who had not participated in the elections, against...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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