Carlos Durán Cartín
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Carlos Durán Cartín, an accomplished doctor of medicine
Medicine
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who had trained in London
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was acting President
President
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of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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for a period of six months from 1889 to 1890, during the administration of President Bernardo Soto
Bernardo Soto Alfaro
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, who never resigned but didn't come back to office until the end of his term.