José Figueres Ferrer, el hombre y su obra

Castro Esquivel, Arturo, José Figueres Ferrer, el hombre y su obra: ensayo de una biografía, San José: Imprenta Tormo, 1955.

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José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990), served as President of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1948–1949, 1953–1958, and 1970–1974. During his first term in office, he abolished the country's army, nationalized its banking sector, and granted women and blacks the right to vote.