COSTA RICA: First female president of Costa Rica is sworn in

Record ID: 588884

  • Title: COSTA RICA: First female president of Costa Rica is sworn in
  • Date: 9th May 2010
  • Summary: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (MAY 8, 2010) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF PEOPLE DURING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION CHAIRMAN OF COSTA RICA PARLIAMENT, GERARDO VILLANUEVA TAKING OATH OF OFFICE TO LAURA CHINCHILLA PHOTOGRAPHER ATTENDING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION MEXICAN PRESIDENT, FELIPE CALDERON; GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT, ALVARO COLOM AND ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT, RAFAEL CORREA ATTENDING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION SALVADORAN PRESIDENT, MAURICIO FUNES DURING CEREMONY CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT, GERARDO VILLANUEVA TAKING THE PRESIDENTIAL SASH OFF OSCAR ARIAS PEOPLE ATTENDING CEREMONY CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT PLACING PRESIDENTIAL SASH ACROSS LAURA CHINCHILLA´S SHOULDERS PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA LAURA CHINCHILLA SAYING: "To have a solid economy, respectful of its natural resources and capable of producing the one hundred percent renewable energy, a prosperous and green Costa Rica. Prosperity shared by all, green, protected by everyone." PEOPLE LISTENING TO PRESIDENT LAURA CHINCHILLA (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA LAURA CHINCHILLA SAYING: "From the franticness of an arms race to hunger and malnutrition, from the beginnings of bioethics to the undoing of families, from unstoppable aggression against women and children and violence in private lives. From inequality and exclusion and inhuman conditions created by economic power." GENERAL VIEW OF PRESIDENT, LAURA CHINCHILLA DURING SPEECH CHINCHILLA WAVING TO AUDIENCE AFTER HER SPEECH
  • Embargoed: 24th May 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Costa Rica
  • Country: Costa Rica
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8N1SQGUH75QI1XU0P8PUDF0U1
  • Story Text: Conservative Laura Chinchilla takes the oath of office and becomes the first female president of Costa Rica.
    Costa Rica's first woman president, Laura Chinchilla, took the oath of office Saturday (May 8) to thunderous applause.
    The 50 year-old conservative was sworn in before an audience that included leaders from throughout the region and thousands of her fellow-countrymen and women.
    "To have a solid economy, respectful of its natural resources and capable of producing the 100 percent renewable energy, a prosperous and green Costa Rica," said Chinchilla during her inaugural speech. "Prosperity shared by all, green, protected by everyone."
    Chinchilla has stated that her government will fortify economic ties with the European Union as well as with China and other Asian nations.
    Outgoing President Oscar Arias, who led the government of Costa Rica twice, stepped down with a 40-year-old legacy as one of the most respected political figures in the region.
    Arias won the Nobel Peace prize in 1987 for his efforts to end armed conflicts raging in Central America during the 1980s. He was, however, unable to resolve the recent crisis in Honduras and return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power before his term expired.
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