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Caribbean & Central America - February 2009 (ISSN 1741-4458)

COSTA RICA: Costa Rica still inclined towards PLN

The most recent survey by local pollsters Unimer, published on 10 February shows the ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) on course to win the next presidential election in February 2010. While there remains a high proportion of undecided voters (22%), public support for the government's handling of the economy, which has likely entered recession, bodes well for President Oscar Arias and his party. The less established leftwing opposition Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), which was only narrowly defeated in 2006, has yet to present a convincing alternative.

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