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José Figueres Ferrer
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==Early life==
Figueres was born Sept. 25, 1906 in San Ramon, Costa Rica. The locations are significant, according to his best biographer, because his parents came from a world of wide ambition that most Costa Ricans envied, and he was born in a nation that put a high value on his impeccable Spanish background. Figueres was the eldest of the four children of a Spanish 
[[Catalonia|Catalan]] doctor and his wife, a teacher, who had recently immigrated from Spain to [[San Ramon]] in west-central Costa Rica.   

Figueres learned English as a schoolboy and developed an interest in mathematics and physics.  Figueres was very independent from the beginning. His family problems resulted in his being sent to the [[Colegio Seminario]], which drove Figueres to attempt suicide. He later continued his studies via correspondence with the International School in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]. Against his fathe(contracted; show full)[[ca:José Figueres Ferrer]]
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