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Arias, who won the celebrated award last year for his Central American peace plan, said he was grateful for the opportunity to have citizens of his country educated at the K-School.
At a reception honoring Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Oscar Arias Sanchez, Kennedy School Dean Graham T. Allison '62 yesterday announced the inception of permanent fellowships that will enable two Costa Rican students to attend the K-School.
And the plan has recently become something of a political liability for Arias, Hakim says. Costa Rica has recently been the recipient of a flood of Nicaraugan refuges. That deluge combined with the country's current economic difficulties have made some Costa Ricans wonder whether Arias spends too much time...
Hakim notes that Arias' plan for a settlement caught the world's imagination, while the United States' efforts in the same area had failed abysmally. The pact lead to an "immense pride by Central Americans generally" that the U.S. had been surpassed by the efforts of five small Central American...
"I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this gesture." Arias told the reception of nearly 100 invited guests in the K-School penthouse. "These two fellowships [are] for the best and brightest students of my country so they can get the education you all have...