Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco

Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco (born August 25, 1891 in Alajuela , Costa Rica; † October 27, 1973 in San José (Costa Rica) ) was President of Costa Rica from May 8, 1949 to May 8, 1953 .

Life

His parents were Ermida Blanco and Ildefonso Ulate.

Otilio Ulate Blanco had two daughters with Haydee Rojas Smith (1923–1983), Olga Marta Ulate Rojas (1937–2007) and Maria Ermida Ulate Rojas (* 1938).

In 1917 he was a delegate to a constituent assembly, which he left because of a disagreement with Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados .

From 1926 to 1934 he was a member of parliament. In 1942 he was district administrator of the municipality of San José.

He worked mainly as a journalist and was director of La Tribuna and owner of the Diario de Costa Rica . With which he promoted his political ideas.

He was next to Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia presidential candidate in the elections of February 8, 1948.

The electoral authority Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica declared Otilio Ulate Blanco as the elected candidate. The parliament, which was dominated by the previous government coalition, did not, however, pass a law appointing him president, but rather annulled the election on March 1, 1948 because of alleged electoral fraud.

Otilio Ulate Blanco was arrested and imprisoned in a prison. Bishop Víctor Sanabria Martínez and US Ambassador Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895–1973) intervened and he was released.

Civil war

As a result, there was a 44-day civil war in Costa Rica in March and April 1948 , which killed around 2,000 people.

The social democratic Partido Demócrata de Costa Rica deployed mercenaries from Panama and weapons from Guatemala, and the Juan Santamaria airport was put into operation with the TACA for the transport of weapons . The police, led by Fernando Valverde Vega, were also deployed. The Christian-socially oriented Partido Republicano Nacional hired mercenaries from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Teodoro Picado Michalski and Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia sought support from the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García . Over the objection of the United States was Somoza García on the April 17, 1948 Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua , the Villa Quesada attack from the air. On April 19, 1948, an agreement to end the civil war was signed in the Mexican embassy in San José. On April 20, 1947, Teodoro Picado Michalski handed over his office to the third deputy Santos León Herrera and left Costa Rica for Nicaragua.

Junta Fundadora de la Segunda República

Santos Leon Herrera handed over power to a junta which Jose Figueres Ferrer chaired and which Otilio Ulate Blanco belonged. This junta ruled for 18 months. This junta broke the existing constitution because it dissolved the parliament that had been dominated by the previous governing coalition and confirmed by the election. That is why it convened a constituent assembly, which drew up the constitution in force today, and passed the law by which Otilio Ulate Blanco was declared president.

Presidency

The Consejo Nacional de Producción (CNP), the Banco Central de Costa Rica and an audit office were established. A Christmas bonus law was passed.

In 1962 he was a presidential candidate.

From 1970 to 1971 he was Costa Rican ambassador to Francisco Franco .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Time , Mar. 29, 1948, Everybody's War
2. ^ Time , Apr. 05, 1948, The President Is Sick
3. ^ Time , Apr. 19, 1948, Commissar in San José
4. ↑ Time , Dec. 27, 1948, Uneasy Guests
5. ^ Time , Jan. 23, 1950, Vaccinated & Feeling Fine
6. ↑ Time , Sep. 10, 1951, Medal for Otilio

References

1. ^ Es : Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica
2. ↑ en: United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
3. ^ Es : Guerra Civil de Costa Rica
4. ^ Es : Partido Demócrata de Costa Rica
5. ^ Es : Partido Republicano Nacional
6. ↑ en: Ciudad Quesada
7. ↑ en: Vice Presidents of Costa Rica

predecessor	Office	successor
Junta of José Figueres Ferrer	Presidents of Costa Rica May 8, 1949 - May 8, 1953	José Figueres Ferrer