Morazán (2017)

Francisco Morázan has been in Costa Rica for five months where he has been appointed Provisional Chief of State. It has called for elections to install a National Constituent Assembly, which should be a legal structure to the Costa Rican state. The Assembly has decreed the validity of the constitution of 1825, the same as that of the Central American Federation; It has declared the accession of Costa Rica to the Republic of Central America. Two months later Francisco Morazán is shot one afternoon on September 15, 1842.

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Top billed cast

Orlando ValenzuelaFrancisco Morazán
Tito EstradaAntonio Pinto Soare
Tito EstradaAntonio Pinto Soares
Mélissa MerloMaría Josefa Lastiri
Gabriel OchoaJosé Trinidad Cabañas
Shirley RodríguezTeresa Escalante
Amaru MartínezSebastian Vasquez
Eduardo BährJose Gabriel Del Campo
Norman MejíaVicente Villaseñor
Hermes ReyesJosé Antonio Vigil

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