A·ri·as Sán·chez

(ä′rē-äs sän′chĕs), Oscar Born 1940.

Costa Rican politician who as president (1986-1990) proposed an accord to bring peace to Central America, for which he won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize. He served a second term as president from 2006 to 2010.

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Arias Sánchez

(ˈærɪæs ˈsæntʃɛz)

(Biography) Oscar. born 1940, Costa Rican statesman; president (1986–90, 2006–2010); Nobel peace prize 1987

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A•ri•as San•chez

(ˈɑ ri ɑs ˈsɑn tʃɛs)
n.

Oscar, born 1941, president of Costa Rica since 1986: Nobel peace prize 1987.

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The FAO programme includes former Costa Rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez, women's rights promoter Tawakkol Karman, advocate against inter-religious violence Betty Williams, micro-credit creator Muhammad Yunus, former Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, former president of South Africa, Frederik Willem de Klerk, and Argentine activist Adolfo Perez Esquivel.

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Andres Oppenheimer | Tribune News Service OF all the reactions I got from my one-hour interview with Nicaragua's authoritarian president Daniel Ortega, the most troublesome came from a man who knows him better than most: former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for helping end Central America's civil wars and forcing Ortega to hold elections in 1990.

Will Ortega Try To Stay In Power Forever?

Cooperrider is the founder of the revolutionary theory on Appreciative Inquiry, an approach that examines the positive attributes of organizations in order to solve problems, and has served as an advisor to former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Laureates the Dalai Lama and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez. He is also a regular speaker in the OD doctoral program at Benedictine.

Benedictine professor receives lifetime achievement award

Oscar Arias Sanchez (1987 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize) writes, "The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and persistent danger to life on earth.

Playing With Destiny

Jean Chr[euro]NA'tien; and Nobel Prize Laureate Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez, former President of Costa Rica.

Bahrain to host meeting on key global issues

Jean ChrAtien; and Nobel Prize Laureate Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez, former President of Costa Rica.

Meeting on key global issues

Oscar Arias Sanchez is a former President of Costa Rica and the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

When to concede and when to hold firm: the challenge before us is not just to get a document signed--the challenge before us is to do justice to victims of violence

Symons has already completed the second and third documentaries which are on Israel's president Shimon Peres and Costa Rica's ex-president Oscar Arias Sanchez. The focus for his first three movies is leadership and conflict, and the quest for peace.

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