José Maria Soto Alfaro (1860-1931) was a surgeon and

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politician, brother of

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Bernardo Soto Alfaro Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (12 February 1854 – 1931) was President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889 during the Liberal State. Biography Early life On 12 February 1854, Soto was born to Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada and Joaquina Alfaro Muñ ...

. Soto studied medicine at the

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in 1885, practiced the first gastrostomy, thyroidectomy and cesarean section in Costa Rica. He practiced medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Costa Rica and at the San Juan de Dios Hospital. sometimes deputy in the Constitutional Congress (Costa Rican parliament at the time). Convinced tinoquista, he strongly supported the brief regime of two years imposed by the brothers Tinoco after the coup d'etat of 1917 and founded the "January 27 Club" in commemoration of the date of overthrow of

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. After Federico Tinoco was overthrown and his brother José Joaquín was assassinated, Soto accepted to

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as a presidential candidate against the opposition leader Don

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, although the nomination was merely symbolic since Acosta had the triumph assured it was important to avoid a single candidate election, something that it is recognized as a patriotic service.

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