Continuity in Costa Rica for the Coming Parliamentary Term - International Reports
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Continuity in Costa Rica for the Coming Parliamentary Term
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Kerstin von Bremen
Costa Rica Has Elected Its New President
On 7 February 2010, Costa Rica elected a woman as head of state for the first time in its history with Laura Chinchilla of the Social Democrat – Liberal governing party, Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN). 60 years after the introduction of voting rights for women in Costa Rica, a woman has made the leap to the country’s top job.
