Julio Acosta García
Politician
1872 – 1954
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Who was Julio Acosta García?
Julio Acosta García served as President of Costa Rica from 1920-1924.
He was born in San Ramón, Alajuela, to Don Juan Vicente Acosta and Doña Jesus García.
Having served as foreign minister since 1915, after the 1917 coup by the brothers Federico Tinoco and Joaquín Tinoco, Acosta escaped to El Salvador, but led a counter-revolution, entering San José on 13 September 1919. He was elected president on 7 December.
In 1921 he nearly went to war with Panama over a border dispute, which ended with intervention by the United States.
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- Born
- May 23, 1872
San Ramón, Costa Rica - Also known as
- Julio Acosta Garcia
- Died
- Jul 6, 1954
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on July 23, 2013
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