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Costa Rica Could Have
A Second Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Costa Rica could have a second Nobel Peace
Prize winner, this time it could be by
former legislator for the Partido
Integración Nacional (PIN), Dr. Walter Muñoz,
being recognized by the Nobel Foundation for
his work to better health for disadvantaged
groups.
Each year the respective Nobel Committees
send individual invitations to thousands of
members of academies, university professors,
scientists from numerous countries, previous
Nobel Laureates, members of parliamentary
assemblies and others, asking them to submit
candidates for the Nobel Prizes for the
coming year. These nominators are chosen in
such a way that as many countries and
universities as possible are represented
over time.
205 names were submitted for the 2009 Nobel
Peace Prize, 33 of which are organizations.
This is not the first time that Muñoz is
connected to the Nobel Peace Prize, being a
member of the board of the International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
that was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in
1985.
In 1987, Oscar Arias Sánchez was awarded the
Nobel Prize for Peace for his Central
American peace plan, efforts which led to
the accord signed in Guatemala.
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