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Continuity Government Takes Office in Costa Rica

Laura Chinchilla will head an administration that will continue Oscar Arias’ work, although with differences due to her distinct personality.

Friday, May 7, 2010

An inspection of her cabinet leaves no doubt that Chinchilla will assume continuity policies. Some of its ministers belonged to Arias’. Others served with Figueres Olsen in 1994-1998, and many are very close to her.

Maybe the largest difference lays in Chinchilla’s personality. She leans more towards dialogue and teamwork than her predecessor, as evidenced by her pact with opposing party “Movimiento Libertario”, which aims to “Improve Governance”.

An article Infolatam.com also lists the main challenges faced by Costa Rica’s first female president: a complicated fiscal scenario, serious crime based on drug trafficking, and the threat of losing competitiveness due to lack of infrastructure and structural reforms.

Source: Infolatam

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Key entities

Laura Chinchilla Oscar Arias José María Figueres Olsen Marcos Vargas René Castro Fernando Herrero María Luisa Ávila Leonardo Garnier Hernando París Francisco Jiménez Mayi Antillón Otto Guevara Rodrigo Arias

Countries

Costa Rica

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Recovering Security

February 2010

Every new government generates expectations, and they are larger when the topics are most sensitive for the population.

For the new president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, her experience as Justice and Security minister increases hope in her government to revert growing insecurity in the country.