Laura Chinchilla - Political Scandals

Tweet . Costa Rican officials Wednesday nixed a resumption of mining by Metales Procesados M.R.W, a subsidiary owned B2Gold, at a site that...

Death toll climbs to 20 people in landslide. * Rains damaging roads, coffee fields A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 20 people in Costa Rica on Thursday as President Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to help the coffee-growing nation deal ...

Death toll climbs to 17 people in landslide. * Heavy rains prompt Costa Ricans to flee to shelters A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 17 people in Costa Rica on Thursday as President Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to help ...

Costa Rica's new President Laura Chinchilla plans to attend an EU-Latin American summit in Spain to press for improved economic ties between Europe and her region.Chinchilla will be among the leaders going to Madrid despite a boycott from some to ...

Social conservative Laura Chinchilla becomes Costa Rica's first female president on Saturday, taking over at a challenging time in one of Latin America's most stable democracies.Rising poverty and insecurity in the popular eco-tourism destination and a fiscal deficit worsened ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Thursday to back female entrepreneurs, promote small business and modernize customs procedures as part of US efforts to boost Latin American prosperity.In a speech to regional foreign ministers in Costa Rica, Clinton said Washington will ...

Costa Rica's ruling party candidate becomes nation's first woman president in landslide Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Laura Chinchilla, a protege of Nobel peace laureate President Oscar Arias, won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president.Chinchilla, formerly Arias' vice president, has vowed ...

Costa Rican election pits president's protege against anti-taxation Libertarian Costa Ricans appear likely to elect their first woman president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chooses between a career politician from the ruling party and an ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A protege of outgoing President Oscar Arias could be elected Costa Rica's first woman head of state on Sunday, though a conservative rival has upped his challenge ahead of the election.Opinion polls show ruling party ...

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