1. Jose Bruno Carranza Ramirez was briefly President of Costa Rica in 1870.
10 Facts About Bruno Carranza
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Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'etat of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesus Jimenez.
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Bruno Carranza's parents were Miguel Carranza Fernandez and Joaquina Ramirez y Garcia.
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Bruno Carranza served in Nicaragua as a military doctor during the 1856 Campaign against William Walker, but had to return almost immediately due to a Costa Rican Army retreat and a cholera epidemic.
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Bruno Carranza worked as a journalist, publishing several newsletters and newspapers such as El Album and La Estrella del Irazu.
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Bruno Carranza was active in other diverse economic and commercial ventures, and among other businesses, he owned coffee plantations, a book store, and a boutique.
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Bruno Carranza was deputy for several periods under the Mora Porras administration.
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Bruno Carranza became the Costa Rican ambassador to El Salvador in 1857.
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Bruno Carranza represented San Jose in the Constituent Assembly of 1869, although he stepped down soon after his election.
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Bruno Carranza was later a member of the Grand National Counsel and Plenipotentiary Minister of Costa Rica in El Salvador, where he signed the Carranza-Arbizu Accord.