Óscar Arias
b. 1940 · Costa Rica · Peace
Nobel Peace Prize, 1987
Brokered peace across five Central American wars.
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- Juan Manuel Santos
1951 · Peace
The Esquipulas negotiating model informed Colombia's peace process.
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