... were nationalized, and presidential term limits established. Ferrer was immensely popular, creating a political legacy that lives on in his son, who leads the country today. In 1987, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez received world recognition when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending the Nicaraguan civil war. During that conflict, both the Sandinistas and the ... ...

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... process during 1986 and 1987. The culmination of Costa Rica's efforts, which brought differing sides in Central America to the negotiating table, was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Oscar Arias in 1987. The first encounters with the "outside" world, or the Old World, as we know it, was in 1502, when Christopher Columbus sought shelter from a storm on his ... ...

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