Blog entry #5

Oscar Arias Sanchez was the Costa Rican president from 2006 until 2010.  He also had served as president in 1986 to 1990 and recieved the nobel peace prize in 1987.  Oscar was a brilliant student and was awarded a opportunity  to study at two prestigious universities in London. In 1967, Arias traveled to the United Kingdom and enrolled in the London School of Economics. He received a doctorate degree in political science from the University of Essex in 1974. His hard work and passion brought Arias over fifty honorary degrees, including doctorates from Harvard University, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, Oberlin College.  Arias has received numerous prizes for his contribution towards the progress of humanity. The Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award, the Liberty Medal of Philadelphia, the Jackson Ralston Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, and the Americas Award are among them.

http://www.biography.com/people/oscar-arias-s%C3%A1nchez-37438