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Weekly Report - 05 February 2015 (WR-15-05)

COSTA RICA: Solís struggles with key pledges

President Luis Guillermo Solís is facing the biggest test since his centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) government took office in May 2014. Allegations of official corruption which broke last month have already forced out one senior official, Daniel Soley, a deputy minister of the presidency, while Soley’s boss, Melvin Jiménez – Solís’s right-hand man - is also facing calls to resign. With his approval ratings at an all time low, Solís is under pressure to make good a chief campaign pledge – cracking down on official corruption. Transparency concerns were a major factor in the perennial unpopularity of his Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) predecessor, Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014) and combating corruption was the PAC’s founding principle.

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