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Weekly Report - 20 March 2014 (WR-14-11)
COSTA RICA: SolÃs has his work cut out
The presidential candidate for the centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), Luis Guillermo SolÃs, had his task made much easier ahead of the 6 April run-off following the surprise decision by his rival, Johnny Araya of President Laura Chinchilla’s centrist Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) to abandon his campaign [WR-14-09]. However, the challenges facing SolÃs remain considerable, not least in terms of providing reassurances to the private sector which seem to be undermined by members of his own party.
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