Don Beto Cañas is laid to rest with full honors
Members of Costa Rica's Honor Guard carry the coffin of former lawmaker, journalist, politician, statesman and playwright Alberto "Beto" Cañas, outside the Don Bosco Church in San José, Monday, June 16, 2014. Cañas died last Saturday at 94 following complications from surgery. He was laid to rest in the Cementerio General. Read his obituary here. (Alberto Font/The Tico Times)
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