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Caribbean & Central America - May 2005 (ISSN 1741-4458)
COSTA RICA: Arías's presidential bid threatens stability
As Costa Rica's reputation for transparency suffered last year following a series of scandals, so its comparatively rare tradition, at least regionally, of constitutional stability is also under threat over the issue of presidential re-election. The catalyst for this potential crisis has been the decision of former president Oscar Arías (1986-1990), best known outside Costa Rica as a Nobel Peace prize winner, to run for the presidency again in 2006.
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