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José Joaquín Trejos, Former President of Costa Rica, Is Dead at 93
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| Last Edited | RMF Apr 16, 2010 01:19am |
| Category | Obituary |
| News Date | Feb 14, 2010 01:00am |
| Description | SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — José Joaquín Trejos, who as Costa Rica’s president pushed through reforms that prohibited presidential re-election, died Wednesday. He was 93.
Mr. Trejos, who governed from 1966 to 1970, had no political experience before coming to power, but voters responded to his “clean hands” campaign, which promised to end corruption.
One of his biggest legacies was the ban on re-electing a president, a step many Latin American countries have taken to prevent strongman rule. |
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