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Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós (August 25, 1921 – October 13, 1991) was a Costa Rican politician, lawyer, philosopher, poet, and essayist. He served as the President of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978. [2] He is credited with the creation of the Sistema Nacional de Radio y Televisión and the Universidad Estatal a Distancia. [3]
Guanacaste Airport. Guanacaste Airport (IATA: LIR, ICAO: MRLB) — also known as Liberia International Airport — is one of four international airports in Costa Rica. It sits 11 kilometres (7 mi; 6 nmi) west-southwest of the city of Liberia in Guanacaste Province, and serves as a tourism hub for those who visit the Pacific coast and western ...
Daniel Oduber Quirós. . . ( m. 1948; died 1991) . Children. 2. Marjorie Elliott Sypher de Oduber (24 January 1925 – 16 April 2015) was a Canadian -born Costa Rican musician and public figure. She served as the First Lady of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978 during the administration of her husband, former President Daniel Oduber Quirós.
e. Ballot paper. General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 1966. [1] José Joaquín Trejos Fernández of the National Unification Party won the presidential election, whilst the National Liberation Party won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%. [2] These were very divisive elections as they had only two candidates. [3]
Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich[1] (10 March 1907 – 29 October 1969) was the 34th President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966. [2] He was an ethnic Croat, a descendant of Croatian settlers from the town of Punat on the island of Krk, Croatia. [3] Together with his brothers he founded in 1928 FJ Orlich & Hnos Ltda. (FJ Orlich & Brothers Limited).
Figueres was the eldest of the four children of a Catalan doctor and his wife, a teacher, who had recently immigrated from Catalonia to San Ramón in west-central Costa Rica. Figueres' first language was Catalan. In 1924, he left for Boston, United States, on a work and study trip. There he studied hydroelectric engineering at the Massachusetts ...
The USC Trojans stood seconds away from the biggest win in Lincoln Riley’s tenure when the third-year coach pointed to his eyes and delivered one final message.. Lock in, and make one last stop ...
José María Figueres Olsen (born 24 December 1954) is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. He also ran for president in the 2022 presidential election but was defeated by Rodrigo Chaves. Figueres started his career as an engineer working in agribusiness.