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Óscar Arias

Costa Rican politician and Nobel laureate who served two terms as president.

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Óscar Arias is best known for Leading Costa Rica as president and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace in Central America. On Dead or Alive, Óscar Arias is listed in the World Leaders of the 80s category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Óscar Arias is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Leading Costa Rica as president and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace in Central America
Listed under: World Leaders of the 80s

About Óscar Arias

Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his proposal of a negotiated solution to the Central American crisis. He sought the support of the Contadora group for his plan, which involved the removal of all foreign powers from the region, an end to aid for antigovernment guerrillas in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and the implementation of democratic principles and a compromise peace for social reconstruction. He was also a recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism and a trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. In 2003, he was elected to the board of directors of the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims.

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