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President of Costa Rica, 1986–1990 and 2006–2010
Costa Rica · b. 1940
Served two non-consecutive terms as President of Costa Rica. Authored the Central American peace plan signed by five regional presidents in 1987, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that year.
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Seeing the size of the challenge, no wonder many are prey to discouragement; or that apocalyptic prophets abound, announcing the failures of the fight against poverty, proclaiming the immediate fall of the democracies, forecasting the futility of peace-making efforts. I do not share this defeatism. I cannot accept to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 11 December 1987 source
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