Federico Tinoco was not a well liked president. Nobody liked him except for his friends and family. He was a dictator who seized control of Costa Rica in 1917. He ruled for two years until the assasination of his brother scared him and he fled the country. His portate is the only one that does not hang in the hall of presidents because he was deemed unworthy to be there.
Tinoco came into power through a military coup (the only successful one in the twentieth century). He was aristrocratic and oligarchic. Upon becoming president he set up his brother, Joaquìn Tinoco as the all-powerful minister of war. Together they filled the jails.
His downfall finally came around when teachers and high school students took to the streets to protest his presidency. Within a few days his brother was dead, killed by a stranger, at the corner from his house. Scared, Tinoco and he fled the country to go live in Paris with his family and friends. He left the country in ruins.
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