The Peacemaker
"The road to peace can only be travelled by those who have faith in the greatness of humanity.” ~ Oscar Arias It’s a pleasant day in Costa Rica. A light drizzle on a cloudy day, just what soothes ones travel tired nerves. We walk through the spacious home to the library. The table has small notebooks with neatly written notes that he often loves to refer to. The man sitting opposite me in a half sleeved checkered shirt , Óscar Arias Sánchez, born on Sept. 13, 1941, in Heredia, C.Rica), president of Costa Rica (1986–90, 2006–10) and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his Central American peace plan is a rather humble man for his achievements. Interestingly a documentary on him, screened at Monaco Film Festival in November 2016 showed the world, the enigma that this man is. To meet Mr Arias, the man who is known to have ``silenced the guns in Central America’’, was indeed a humbling experience. For I might be a defence correspondent (have been one fo...