Manuel Mora Valverde (27 August 1909 – 29 December 1994) was a
communist
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and labor leader in
Costa Rica. He was born in
San José
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*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
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and helped to found the
Workers and Farmers Party (later the
People's Vanguard Party) in 1931. For his contributions to the labor movement and to the institution of a welfare state, Mora was awarded the title ''
Benemérito de la Patria'' by the Legislative Assembly.
See also
*
Social Guarantees
External links
*
A short biography
1909 births
1994 deaths
People from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican people of Spanish descent
People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica) politicians
People of the Costa Rican Civil War
Costa Rican revolutionaries
Costa Rican atheists
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