Following the surprise suspension of his presidential campaign, it must be admitted that from the beginning Johnny Araya had unique hurdles to overcome as a National Liberation Party candidate. The early frontrunner in this campaign, he nonetheless was burdened with the history that no Costa Rican party has won the presidential election for a third consecutive term.
Costa Rica’s President Laura Chinchilla on Monday signed a declaration of intent to join the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc composed of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Amanda García Soto, a toddler from Heredia, had a strong reaction to news about last Sunday's presidential elections. Not because she cared about who won the race. But because her parents informed her that Laura Chinchilla's term was coming to a close.
During an upcoming trip to Colombia, President Laura Chinchilla on Monday will sign a memorandum outlining the steps Costa Rica must take to obtain full inclusion in the Pacific Alliance, a growing trade bloc of Latin American countries.
President Laura Chinchilla Miranda cast her vote Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Joaquín García Monge school in the canton of Desamparados, south of the capital.
HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Raúl Castro Tuesday railed against U.S. spying as he opened a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders, a group set up by Venezuela's late anti-Western leader Hugo Chávez to counter U.S. influence.
