Chinchilla to Assume Office in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Vice President and Justice Minister Laura Chinchilla is to assume office this Saturday to become the first female president of the Central American country.
Chinchilla won the elections with 46.82 percent of votes, a 20 percent plus lead on her closest rivals.
The ceremony in La Sabana Park, in San Jose, will involve dignitaries from 65 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Holland, the Holly See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, the DPR of Korea and Lebanon.
Also on the list are Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, the Phillippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Britain, the USA and Vietnam, besides international organizations like the UN.
Latin America will be represented by Argentina, Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Cuba's delegation, led by Vice President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz and other officials.
Laura Chinchilla, 51, was born March 28, 1959, in San Jose, Costa Rica, and is mother of one child. She has a PhD. in Political Sciences from the University of Costa Rica and a MD. in Public Politics from the Georgetown University, in the United States.
Along her carrier she has worked since 1990 as consultant for different world bodies and has given lectures at international forums and has shown special interest in reforming the state and legal system, in law and organized crime and drug enforcement. Her issues for the electoral campaign included free right to abortion, gay marriage and running a laic state.
Chinchilla is not the first female president in Latin America. She follows Nicaragua's Violeta Chamorro (1990-1997), Ecuador's Rosalía Areaga Serrano (1997), Panama's Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004), Chile's Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010) and Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-present).
Chinchilla won the elections with 46.82 percent of votes, a 20 percent plus lead on her closest rivals.
The ceremony in La Sabana Park, in San Jose, will involve dignitaries from 65 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Holland, the Holly See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, the DPR of Korea and Lebanon.
Also on the list are Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, the Phillippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Britain, the USA and Vietnam, besides international organizations like the UN.
Latin America will be represented by Argentina, Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Cuba's delegation, led by Vice President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz and other officials.
Laura Chinchilla, 51, was born March 28, 1959, in San Jose, Costa Rica, and is mother of one child. She has a PhD. in Political Sciences from the University of Costa Rica and a MD. in Public Politics from the Georgetown University, in the United States.
Along her carrier she has worked since 1990 as consultant for different world bodies and has given lectures at international forums and has shown special interest in reforming the state and legal system, in law and organized crime and drug enforcement. Her issues for the electoral campaign included free right to abortion, gay marriage and running a laic state.
Chinchilla is not the first female president in Latin America. She follows Nicaragua's Violeta Chamorro (1990-1997), Ecuador's Rosalía Areaga Serrano (1997), Panama's Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004), Chile's Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010) and Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-present).
Source:
Prensa Latina
Date:
08/05/2010