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1902 Costa Rican General Election
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 16 February 1902. They occurred under growing political tensions. The authoritarian government of Rafael Yglesias was in direct confrontation with the opposition and had re-elected himself as single-candidate in the previous election by a questionable constitutional reform. The liberal Republican Party represented the most staunch opposition and the country was on the edge of civil war. However, Yglesias managed to negotiate with the moderate branch of the Republicans for a peaceful power exchange. This new election was called with two candidates: Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra from the newly formed National Union Party and Máximo Fernández Alvarado under the banner of the "Republican Club". Both liberals. Esquivel won by a large margin. Results In the first round, Yglesias did not run, but some electors voted for him rather than for Esquivel. First round by province Second round by province References {{Costa Rican elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (10 May 1844 – 15 April 1923) was a Nicaraguan-born President of Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ... from 1902 to 1906. Esquivel became a naturalized Costa Rican in 1869. He was also a lawyer and a university professor. After his presidential term, he served as the president of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica from 1917 to 1920. President of Costa Rica He first ran for the presidency in 1889 but was defeated by José Joaquín Rodríguez. He took up the challenge of running for president in the 1901 elections, which he consequently won. This was his second presidential bid and 1902 saw the start of his only presidency. His government had to assume a nation with a still weak and little developed economy; however, his governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Fernández Alvarado
Máximo Fernández Alvarado (1858–1933) was a Costa Rican politician. Born in Desamparados in 1858, he graduated as a Bachelor in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas at fourteen years old and as a lawyer in the same institution in 1881 with merit. He occupied several important positions, among them these are Secretary of State, Deputy and President of the Constitutional Congress 1913–1914 and 1916–1917. He founded the Partido Republicano, an ideology that combined doctrines of liberalism Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ... and populism, and was a candidate to the presidency in Costa Rican elections of 1902, 1906 and 1913. On several occasions he was exiled for political reasons. He also published a poetic anthology. He died in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Costa Rica
The president of the Republic of Costa Rica is the head of state and head of government of Costa Rica. The president is currently elected in direct elections for a period of four years, which is not immediately renewable. Two Vice President of Costa Rica, vice presidents are elected in the same ticket with the president. The president appoints the Council of Ministers. Due to the abolition of the military of Costa Rica in 1948, the president is not a commander-in-chief, unlike the norm in most other countries, although the Constitution of Costa Rica, Constitution does describe him as commander-in-chief of the civil defense Public Forces of Costa Rica, public forces. From 1969 to 2005, the president was barred from seeking reelection. After the amendment banning reelection was overturned by the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica, Supreme Court in 2005, an incumbent president became eligible to run again after waiting for at least eight years after leaving office. Election The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Yglesias Castro
Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro (18 April 1861 – 10 April 1924) was a Costa Rican politician who served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902. Biography He was born to Demetrio Yglesias Llorente and Eudoxia Castro Fernandez, whose father was also president, the "Founder of the Republic" José María Castro who served two terms, 1847–1849 and 1866–1868. Yglesias traveled to the United States and to Europe to further his education. He also studied law at the university of Santo Tomas, but was unable to complete his studies due to his parents' economic difficulties at the time. He went into business, but did not meet with much success in that arena. He got married in a civil ceremony to Rosa Banuet Ross, in the capital of Cartago. They had two girls, Berta and Rosa (*official records of this marriage were destroyed in the earthquake of Cartago in 1910). He served as Minister of War (1890-1894). Yglesias and Rosa were divorced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Yglesias
Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels, Hide Fox, And All After, A Happy Marriage, and the 1993 movie ''Fearless'', which he adapted from his own novel of the same name. He is the father of Nicholas and Matthew Yglesias. Career Yglesias was born in New York in 1954, son of novelist and journalist Jose Yglesias, and author Helen Yglesias. He began writing screenplays in 1980. ''Fearless'', directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges, was critically acclaimed and led to Rosie Perez being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo. The film was also entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Jeff Bridges' role as Max Klein is widely regarded as one of the best performances of his career. Yglesias' other screenplays include '' Death and the Maiden'', directed by Roman Polanski and based on the play by Ariel Dorfman; ''Les Misérables'', directed by Bille August and based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (Costa Rica)
The Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano, PR) was a political party in Costa Rica. History The party first contested national elections in 1902, when Máximo Fernández Alvarado was its presidential candidate. Fernández finished second to the National Union Party candidate Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra. Fernández finished second again in the 1906 elections. Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno was the party's presidential candidate in 1910. Although Fernández received the most votes in the 1913 presidential elections, he failed to secure a majority and declined to take up the post; Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p186 Congress subsequently elected Alfredo González Flores as president. In the 1915 parliamentary elections the party received 67% of the vote. Costa Rica was briefly a one-party state under president Federico Tinoco Granados for the 1917 and January 1919 elections. Although the Republican Party received only 4% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Party (Costa Rica)
The National Union Party ( es, Partido Unión Nacional) is the name of several parties in Costa Rica, generally located on the centre-right of the political spectrum. The first party using that name was led by Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra as leader and candidate for the 1901 and 1913 elections. Ibarra was liberal as most of the Costa Rican political elite at the time. The party also took part in the 1915 parliamentary election. Carlos Durán Cartín was also candidate for the party in latter elections. Liberal journalist Otilio Ulate Blanco took control of the party and was part of an oppositional alliance of parties against Republican candidate Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia in 1948 allegedly winning the election. The results were contested and latter annulled by the government causing the short-lived 48's Civil War. Ulate's supporters won the war and name him president-elect (even when the military leader José Figueres took temporary control of the government with a de facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Party (Costa Rica)
The Civil Party of Costa Rica ( es, Partido Civil) was a political grouping that arose in 1893 in sight of the 1894 Costa Rican general election. Initially it acted without a candidate, but later it postulated Navy Secretary of War Rafael Yglesias Castro, who won the electoral vote in the second level election. Subsequently, the party participated in the mid-term election of 1896 for the renewal of half of the Congress, and postulated the re-election of Rafael Yglesias Castro for the 1898 election, in which the opposition refrained from participating. In the 1902 presidential elections it did not nominates any candidate and endorses Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra. The Civil Party had an eminently personal character, around the figure of Rafael Yglesias Castro, with some liberal and populist ideas, but without actually having a clearly defined ideological line. It returned to the political scene in the presidential elections of 1910 and 1913 Events January * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Costa Rica
According to Article 168 of the Constitution of Costa Rica, the political divisions are officially classified into 3 tiers of sub-national entities. Overview The Constitution of Costa Rica states, ''"For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts."'' The country consists of 7 provinces (''provincias''), 82 cantons (''cantones''), and 473 districts (''distritos''). List of provinces See also * ISO 3166-2:CR *Cantons of Costa Rica *Districts of Costa Rica * List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index References External links Subdivisions of Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ... Costa Rica 1 Provinces, Costa Rica Costa Rica geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Costa Rica
Costa Rica elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The President of Costa Rica is, together with two vice-presidents, elected for a four-year term by the people. The Legislative Assembly ''(Asamblea Legislativa)'' has 57 members, elected for four-year terms by closed list proportional representation in each of the country's seven provinces. Schedule Election Inauguration 2010 elections 2014 elections 2018 elections 2022 elections See also * List of political parties in Costa Rica This article lists political parties in Costa Rica. Costa Rica used to have a two-party system, which meant that there were two dominant political parties, the Social Christian Unity Party and the National Liberation Party, with extreme difficu ... External links Costa RicaAdam Carr EleccionescrNeutral Site of Political Information {{DEFAULTSORT:Elections In Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Elections In Central America
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