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Caribbean & Central America - September 2016 (ISSN 1741-4458)
COSTA RICA: Grandees vie to succeed troubled Solís
The race to succeed Costa Rica’s beleaguered president, Luis Guillermo Solís, is already underway. With his popularity sinking like a stone – his approval rating is now the lowest of any head of state since records began in the country – Solís cuts an isolated figure. His Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) has a feeble presence in the legislative assembly and his plan of governance has suffered accordingly. As Solís founders, former presidents Óscar Arias (1986-1990; 2006-2010) and José María Figueres Olsen (1994-1998) are locked in a fierce internal power struggle within the main opposition Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) to succeed him, with under 18 months to go until presidential elections in February 2018.
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