Oscar Arias
Oscar Arias
Óscar Arias Sánchezwas President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end the Central American crisis...
NationalityCosta Rican
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth13 September 1940
CityHeredia, Costa Rica
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The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future.
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Poverty and lack of education are ruining our planet.
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Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace.
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More combat planes, missiles and soldiers won't provide additional bread for our families, desks for our schools, or medicine for our clinics.
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Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship.
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Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.
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Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America.
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I saw no reason why other nations should tell Central Americans how to solve their problems.
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I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel.
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I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering.
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A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours.
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Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.