Editing Óscar Arias (section)

==Early life==
Arias was born into an upper-class family in the province of [[Heredia Province|Heredia]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150524080817/http://www.genealogia.or.cr/docs/revistas/accg_revista012.pdf Academia Costarricense de Ciencias Genealógicas.{{in lang|es}} p.&nbsp;163</ref> Arias concluded his secondary schooling at the Saint Francis College in the capital city of [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]. He then went to the United States and enrolled in [[Boston University]] with the intention of studying medicine, but he soon returned to his home country and completed degrees in law and economics at the [[University of Costa Rica]]. In 1967, Arias traveled to the United Kingdom and enrolled in the [[London School of Economics]]. He received a doctoral degree in political science from the [[University of Essex]] in 1974.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}