Bad Score for the Solís Administration

Business leaders in Costa Rica disapprove of the management of outgoing President Luis Guillermo Solís, who in four years was not able to propose convincing solutions to serious problems such as the fiscal deficit.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

From a statement issued by the UCCAEP:

April 26, 2018. The business sector, represented by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP), gives a score for the four years of President Luis Guillermo Solis's management of 4.9 out of 10.

The evaluation of the performance of the Solís Rivera administration was obtained after the Second Quarterly Business Survey "Pulso Empresarial" of 2018, which surveyed 414 entrepreneurs. The study was conducted from March 12 to 23, has a confidence level of 95% and a maximum margin of error of 5.6%. 

Read full statement issued (in Spanish).

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