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  Project Costa Rica
Carazo served as President of Costa Rica from 1978-1982 and his most recognized accomplishment was gaining United Nations approval to create the University for Peace.
Carazo is proud that his country is known for its willingness to "talk it out" when faced with conflict.
Carazo believes "you cannot respect that which you do not know." He believes respect will follow after introducing children to the importance of nature and teaching about human dependency on the environment.
www.mssu.edu /international/mccaleb/CostaRica/insight.htm   (959 words)

  
  Rodrigo Carazo Odio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982.
The Carazo government also regulated the excavation of gold in the southern region of the country.
On the international front, Carazo had to deal mainly with the radical changes the neighboring country of Nicaragua was going through.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rodrigo_Carazo_Odio   (548 words)

  
 Rodrigo Odio: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rodrigo Odio's summary was automatically generated using 43 references found on the Internet.
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, President Emeritus and founder of UPEACE, for his remarkable achievements in proposing to the United Nations General Assembly the creation of an institution dedicated to the promotion of education for peace within the framework of the United Nations.
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, President Pacheco added, Â"It is also an honour that your creation was the initiative and achievement of a distinguished Costa RicanÂ".
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Odio_Rodrigo_1018221.htm   (278 words)

  
 Rodrigo Carazo Odio Information
Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982.
On the international front, Carazo had to deal mainly with the radical changes the neighboring country of Nicaragua was going through.
Adding insult to injury, Carazo's government allowed three U.S. helicopters to touch down on national soil to facilitate Somoza's escape from Nicaragua, sending the President's critics on a political bashing rampage, calling the matter a disrespect to national sovereignty.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Rodrigo_Carazo_Odio   (517 words)

  
 University of South Alabama Press Release
Former President Rodrigo Carazo accepting his Honorary Doctors of Humane Letters Degree from USA President Gordon Moulton.
The Honorable Rodrigo Carazo Odio, the former president of the Republic of Costa Rica, gave the University of South Alabama 2004 fall commencement address at the USA Mitchell Center on Saturday, Dec. 11.
Former President Carazo’s commitment to fairness and equity for all people has led him to oversee national elections in 14 countries and serve as an adviser to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.
www.southalabama.edu /publicrelations/pressreleases/2004pr/121104.html   (419 words)

  
 globalinfo.org - Jun 17, UNITED STATES (#37616)
Carazo, who was president from 1978 to 1982, has stayed out of Costa Rican politics since the end of his term.
Carazo estimates that as a result of an implemented CAFTA, the number of Nicaraguans pouring into Costa Rica in search of jobs and services would probably double, raising their proportion in the Costa Rican population from 17 to 34 percent.
Carazo stressed that Costa Rica is not opposed to free trade agreements with the U.S., which is the largest consumer of Costa Rican goods.
www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=37616   (1149 words)

  
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Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Republic of Costa Rica make an official visit to our country from October 12 through 14, 1981 at the invitation of President Chun Doo Hwan.
The formal relations between Costa Rica and North Korea, too, were set up in 1974, but the actual relations have not materialized due to the passive attitude displayed by the former.
President Rodrigo Carazo Odio's visit is certain to help further strenghen our existing relations.
www.pennfamily.org /KSS-USA/811012-1236.html   (273 words)

  
 Index Ca-Ce
In a stunning upset, Carazo defeated the candidate of the dominant PLN to capture the presidency in February 1978.
Carazo campaigned on a reform platform as candidate of a four-party opposition coalition called Partido de Unidad.
Carazo charged that Vesco had been involved in government corruption in Costa Rica, and he vowed that he would be asked to leave Costa Rica "as quickly as possible." Vesco's application for Costa Rican citizenship was turned down in August.
www.rulers.org /indexc1.html   (18914 words)

  
 Political and Economic History of Costa Rica
Carazo was a businessman and he promised to break diplomatic relations with the U.S.S.R. He also promised to deport Robert Vesco.
Carazo won and Unity Opposition was able, with the help of a small coalition partner, to organize the legislative government.
Carazo's administration apparently sanctioned the supplying of weapons from Cuba to the Nicaraguan rebels.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/costarica.htm   (6753 words)

  
 GLOBOCOPS: The powerful unplugged - NI 330 - Bull by the horns
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, ex-President of Costa Rica and the UN Peace University, says: 'Whereas others have come to depend on arms, we have learned to live unarmed.
The fundamental difference between Costa Rica and other Latin American countries is that Costa Ricans have cultivated a civilized spirit, a spirit antithetical to militarization and violence, capable of finding peaceful solutions to conflicts and respectful of the rights of others.
Ex-President Rodrigo Carazo Odio believes his country has a unique role to play in the world.
www.newint.org /issue330/bull.htm   (1318 words)

  
 [12 Sep 1996] PI/971 : DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONCLUDES THREE-DAY DISCUSSION OF CHALLENGES FACING UNITED NATIONS IN ...
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, former President of Costa Rica and President of the University for Peace, said most of the problems affecting the United Nations were much more than economic.
Emphasizing that violence arose from social injustice, he said it was closely related to migration, concentration of wealth and poverty.
RODRIGO CARAZO ODIO, former President of Costa Rica and President of the University for Peace, said the United Nations had, year after year, faced a lack of financing and understanding.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1996/19960912.pi971.html   (2238 words)

  
 Friends of Cocos Island Foundation - Events
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, who during his administration, was a visionary man, and on the 22 of June 1978, decreed Coco’s Island a National Park, and the latter eventually became Law of the Republic.
In the international plane, the Foundation has extended its invitation to distinguished leaders, investigators and conservationists of world renown, to become part of our Board of Advisors and serve as ambassadors of this cause through their prestige and influence.
Rodrigo Carazo Odio has generously accepted to preside over this Board of Advisors.
www.cocosisland.org /english/gala_dinner/12-gala2002message.htm   (1820 words)

  
 Cruise West:
Estrella Carazo, were guests aboard the December 7, 2005, Gems of Costa Rica sailing and enjoyed the vistas of the breathtaking country from the sea.
Carazo served as president of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982.
Carazo still remains active in the political spectrum.
www.cruisewest.com /cruisewest/news/press_releases/pr06020982.aspx   (552 words)

  
 The University for Peace - News
Among special guests who attended the ceremony were Dr. Rodrigo Carazo Odio, President Emeritus of UPEACE and Former President of the Republic of Costa Rica and Mrs.
Carazo began his speech saying, "The Prince of Peace" knocks at the entrance of our hearts every day.
When he was President of the Republic of Costa Rica in 1979, Dr Carazo had proposed the creation of the University for Peace.
www.upeace.org /news/index.cfm?id_activity=262&actual=2004   (709 words)

  
 Voices from Costa Rica (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Carazo: Costa Rica was fortunate to have been colonized at a time when the Spaniards were questioning the logic and justification of violent conquest.
Carazo: Because we place such a high premium on education, those who seek solutions to their problems by means of violence are looked down upon.
Carazo: What is needed in our part of the world is a structural change that will allow us to compete in the provision of services.
www.worldpolicy.org /globalrights/nicaragua/1986-spring-WPJ-CostaRica-voices.html   (11143 words)

  
 1978: Costa Rica - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.
In general elections on February 5, Rodrigo Carazo Odio was elected president of Costa Rica.
Carazo, the candidate of the Opposition Union, defeated Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party, which had been in power since 1970.
encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1741583227/1978_Costa_Rica.html   (138 words)

  
 2001-12-14: Carter
Joining Carter on the panel were former Costa Rican president Rodrigo Carazo Odio, who now heads the Peace Action Council of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, and Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, a former foreign minister of Mauretania and special United Nations representative to Burundi, who now serves as executive secretary of the Global Coalition for Africa.
Both Corazo Odio and Ould-Abdallah had participated in Carter Center activities in the past, so the initial forum at the new Kroc center brought together people who all knew and had worked with each other.
Neu, who had helped Carter negotiate ceasefires both in the Bosnian conflict and in a running guerrilla war between Uganda and the Sudan, appeared to relish the moment when she, as executive director of the Institute, took her place at the dais between two former presidents.
www.jewishsightseeing.com /usa/wash_dc/white_house/carter_jimmy/sd12-14-01carter.htm   (587 words)

  
 Rodrigo Carazo Odio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo served as President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982.
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 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Costa Rica elections and events 1948-1986   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cerdas Cruz 1991: "Despite the participation of eight candidates, the 1978 poll centred on two principal groups: the Partido Unidad, whose candidate was Rodrigo Carazo, and the PLN, led by Luis A. Monge" (page 320).
Seligson 1982: Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez "ran against Rodrigo Carazo Odio in 1978 and was defeated when Carazo took 50.5 percent of the votes, to PLN's 43.8 percent" (page 405).
Wilson 1998: "Carazo and the Unidad coalition captured control of the executive branch of government but failed to win an absolute majority in the Legislative Assembly.
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/costa/1948-1986.html   (7117 words)

  
 The University for Peace - News
Referring to the Former President, Dr. Rodrigo Carazo Odio, President Pacheco added, “It is also an honour that your creation was the initiative and achievement of a distinguished Costa Rican”.
Rector Lees, presented Dr. Carazo with a scroll of honour recognizing and thanking him for his initiative and commitment to the creation of the University for Peace.
In his acceptance speech, Carazo explained that the launching of the university was proposed on the 27th of September 1979, 15 days after the attack of Somosa against Costa Rica.
www.upeace.org /news/index.cfm?id_activity=142&actual=0   (494 words)

  
 Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel&Spa, San Ramón - Costa Rica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel and Spa is set within what had been second home to the former President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, founder of the Univ. of Peace, and former First Lady Estrella Carazo Zeledón.
On Dec. 20, 2003, Green Hotels of Costa Rica acquired Villa Blanca and the surrounding 75 acres of gardens, pastures, and cloud forest property.
What began as the vision of The Carazo family is today the pride of Green Hotels and their sister property, Si Como No Resort and Spa.
www.villablanca-costarica.com /aboutus_story_ext.html   (467 words)

  
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In contrast, the FTA is expected to have a major impact on the countries in the region.
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, former President of Costa Rica (1978-1982) (President Cardazo focused him remarks on the impact of the agreement on the five Central American countries.) CAFTA will affect all aspects of life in Costa Rica (from the constitutional framework to investments to services), not just trade.
People in Central America were left in the dark during the whole negotiating period, affecting the democratic nature of the whole process.
www.carnegieendowment.org /files/CAFTA_summary.doc   (870 words)

  
 Aguas Claras Hotel
Since the revolution in 1948, Costa Rica became the most democratic country in Latin America and basically the two parties led the country.
In 1974, the PLN won the presidency with Daniel Oduber, but dissimilarities between him and Figueres, brought an opposition union with Rodrigo Carazo Odio as its leader to reach the government in 1978.
The PLN came back to power in 1982, with Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez and later with Oscar Arias Sánchez in 1986.
www.aguasclaras-cr.com /history.html   (411 words)

  
 Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace&Justice: Publications & Reports
San Diego, CA Local, national, and international leaders met at the University of San Diego December 5-7 for the formal dedication activities of its Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.
Invited guests for the official dedication ceremony on the 5th included Joan Kroc, former President Rodrigo Carazo Odio of Costa Rica, and Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, former President of Notre Dame.
Liam McGee, chairman of USD's Board of Trustees and President of Bank of America California, and USD President Alice B. Hayes to officiate at the event.
peace.sandiego.edu /reports/ConferenceReports/dedication.html   (417 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: ODIO: Search Results All Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Odio Y Amor by Miranda Lee (Author) (Paperback - February 1999)
O de Odio / O Is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton (Author) (Paperback - October 2004)
Odio Vol.6: Miedo y Asco En New Jersey!: Hate Vol.6: Fear and Loathing in New Jersey!
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/external-search?search-type=ss&keyword=ODIO&index=blended   (348 words)

  
 Costa Rica: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However they remained isolated and unable to propose social changes within the democratic and pluralist system favored by the majority.
The new President, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, imposed an unpopular economic policy prescribed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which resulted in growing confrontation with labor and left groups.
In 1979 however, encouraged by popular sympathy towards the Sandinista rebels, and under threat of invasion by neighboring dictator Anastasio Somoza, the Costa Rican Government decided actively to support the Nicaraguan Sandinistas.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=2   (2455 words)

  
 Conference Center at Crocodile Bay with Eco-Tours in "The most ecologically intense place on earth."
His governments and that of his successor between 1974 and 1978, Daniel Quiros, instituted policies of nationalisation and social welfare, whereas the intervening conservative governments reverses many of the policies and encouraged private enterprise.
Conservative government returned betweeen 1978 and 1982, under Rodrigo Carazo Odio.
In 1981, he was criticised for his alleged involvement in the illegal flow of arms between Cuba and El Salvador during the period of instability in Central America.
www.costaricaconferences.com /profile_history.html   (610 words)

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