Manuel Mora Valverde (27 August 1909 – 29 December 1994) was a
communist
Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...
and labor leader in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
. He was born in
San José and helped to found the
Workers and Farmers Party (later the
People's Vanguard Party) in 1931. For his contributions to the labor movement and to the institution of a welfare state, Mora was awarded the title ''
Benemérito de la Patria'' by the Legislative Assembly.
See also
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Social Guarantees
External links
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A short biography
1909 births
1994 deaths
Politicians from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican people of Spanish descent
People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica) politicians
People of the Costa Rican Civil War
Costa Rican revolutionaries
Costa Rican atheists
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