Miguel Carranza Fernández (1780, San José – 1841) was a

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

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. He was responsible for Costa Rica's first printing press, the Imprenta La Paz, established in 1830, which published the country's first newspaper and first book. A son,

Bruno Carranza Ramírez José Bruno Carranza Ramírez (October 5, 1822 – January 25, 1891) was briefly President of Costa Rica (albeit with the title ''Temporary Head of the Republic'') in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that ...

, went on to become interim President of Costa Rica for three months.

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