Bogota General Rafael Rubio Julian settled in Paris in Puntarenas late nineteenth century and gave rise to the name in this Central American country. He excelled in the political his grandson Rafael Paris Steffens, president of the Assembly of Deputies and vice presidential candidate of the Republic, and in sport Olympic swimmer Maria del Milagro Paris Coronado and sports leader and lawyer Alberto Chaverri Paris (1943 -1999), Chairman of the Municipal Puntarenas soccer team and candidate for deputy from the province of Puntarenas.