Woman favored to be next Costa Rica president

November 9, 11:49 AMSF Travel News ExaminerErin Van Rheenen

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Laura Chinchilla, who may become Costa Rica's first female president

Ticotimes.net

According to a survey by Demoscopía / Al Día, former vice president Laura Chinchilla is heavily favored to become the next president of Costa Rica when voters go to the polls on Feb 4, 2010.

Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement (ML) came in second with 15.7 per cent, and former economy minister Ottón Solís of the Citizens Action Party (PAC) had 12.3 per cent.

Cinchilla was current President Oscar Arias’ first vice-president (there are two) until she resigned last year to run for president. Arias and Chinchilla are members of the ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN). In June, Chinchilla won the PLN’s nomination at that party’s convention, defeating San José’s colorful mayor Johnny Araya Monge

Last month, Chinchilla named scientist Alfio Piva and businessman Luis Liberman as her vice-presidential candidates. She said that if elected, she would emphasize continuity (presumably with Arias’s policies), the economy, and the environment.