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José Figueres Ferrer
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Former President [[Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia|Calderon]] supporters through fraud prevented and invalidated the March 1, 1948, presidential election in which [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]] had defeated 
 President [[Teodoro Picado Michalski|Picado[[Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia|Calderon]] in his second term bid. In March-April 1948, the protests over the election results mushroomed into armed conflict, then into revolution. Figueres defeated Communist-led guerrillas and the Costa Rican Army, which had joined forces with President [[Teodoro Picado Michalski|Picado]].<sup id="fn_4_back">[[#fn 4|4]], </sup><sup id="fn_8_back">[[#fn 8|8]]</sup>  

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* directed the writing of a new constitution<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn 3|3]]</sup>, 
* guaranteed public education for all<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn 3|3]]</sup>, 
* gave citizenship to black immigrants' children<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn 3|3]]</sup>, 
* established civil service to eliminate the [[spoils system]] in government<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn 3|3]]</sup>, and 
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* introduced the Electoral Tribunal that would be in charge of overseeing the [[electoral process]].

"In a short time, we decreed 834 reforms that completely changed the [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=physiognomy physiognomy] of the country and brought a deeper and more human reolution than that of Cuba," Figueres said in a 1981 interview.<sup id="fn_4_back">[[#fn 4|4]]</sup>

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