sentences:  Dobles was active in left-wing political causes, eventually becoming a leading figure within the Communist Party of Costa Rica.He worked in the legal department of the state's Child Welfare Agency and later in the Social Security Administration's division for savings and subsidies.Following the defeat of the government, to which the communists were allied, in the Costa Rican Civil War of 1949, the Communist Party was outlawed and Dobles spent time in prison.