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Posted 2/8/2010 at 4:45 PM by Bradlee A in Laureates News
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 The voters of Costa Rica have spoken, electing Laurea Chinchilla the first female president of the Central American country yesterday.
It seems unusual to say "former President" Oscar Arias, but that's the latest out of Costa Rica as they elect their first female president.
Elizabeth Malkin, New York Times wrote:
MEXICO CITY — Costa Ricans elected a former vice president, Laura Chinchilla, as the country’s first female president, giving the ruling party a resounding victory.
Ms. Chinchilla, 50, won 47 percent of the vote, and both the second- and third-place candidates, the leftist Ottón Solís and the libertarian Otto Guevara, conceded before 10 p.m. Sunday.
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Ms. Chinchilla, of the National Liberation Party, promised continuity with the free-trade policies of out-going President Óscar Arias, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who helped guide Central America out of its cold war conflicts. |
Click here to read the article.
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