Background
Rafael Yglesias Castro was born in San José on 16 April 1861.
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Rafael Yglesias Castro was born in San José on 16 April 1861.
He was the dominant political figure during the last decade of the nineteenth century, having forced recognition of the election of his father-in-law, José Joaquín Rodríguez in 1890, when President Bernardo Alfaro Soto tried to impose his own candidate. During Rodriguez' term. Iglesias was “the power behind the throne."