constituency death_date birth_place imagesize party profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name otherparty
san rica josé , costa rica san josé , costa 14 june 2014 san josé , costa rica 100px citizens ' action party writer and journalist deputy of costa rica legislative assembly of costa rica deputy legislative assembly 16 march 1920 1962 1994 alberto cañas escalante
 1966 1998 alberto cañas escalante formerly national liberation party
alberto cañas escalante

alberto cañas escalante -lrb- 16 march 1920 -- 14 june 2014 -rrb- was a politician , writer , intellectual , public servant , and journalist from san josé , costa rica .
he is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural , political , and social life of costa rica during the latter half of the twentieth century .
the national library system of costa rica credits cañas with more than 4,773 publications as of 2005 .
he was vice minister of international relations -lrb- 1955 -- 1956 -rrb- , ambassador -lrb- 1956 -- 1958 -rrb- , and a two-time deputy -lrb- 1962 -- 1966 and 1994 -- 1998 -rrb- .
additionally , he was the first minister of culture , youth , and sports -lrb- 1970 -rrb- .
he edited several newspapers : diario de costa rica -lrb- costa rica daily -rrb- , la república -lrb- the republic -rrb- , and excelsior -lrb- excelsior -rrb- .
he wrote editorials for la nación -lrb- the nation -rrb- , la prensa libre -lrb- the free press -rrb- , and semanario universidad -lrb- university weekly -rrb- .
cañas is the great-grandson of general josé maría cañas escamilla .
