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Óscar Arias

b. 1940 · 20th century · Also known as Óscar Arias Sánchez

Óscar Arias is a Costa Rican politician who was president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2010. He drew up the Esquipulas peace plan to end the civil wars in Central America and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for that effort.

Óscar Arias
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Republic of Costa Rica

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