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Article: Obituaries Manuel Mora Valverde
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 5, 1996
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Manuel Mora Valverde, founder of one of the oldest Communist
parties in Latin America, consistently rejected the option of
violent revolution for his country. He believed instead that Costa
Rica, with its democratic traditions unique in Central Am
erica,would gain more from a Communist party that worked to change
the system peacefully from within.
Born in 1909 to a working-class family in San Jose, Mora founded
the Communist Party of Costa Rica in 1931 while he was a law
student. In 1934, still just 25 years old, he won election to
Congress and was repeatedly re-elected until the outbreak of
civilwar in 1948. A man of considerable intellect, he was
self-taught in economics, philosophy, ...