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Caribbean & Central America - October 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)

COSTA RICA: Chinchilla’s Rubik’s Cube

In her description of current negotiations aimed at securing the approval of her proposed fiscal reform, President Laura Chinchilla likened the Costa Rican economy to a Rubik’s Cube. The analogy - where aligning one colour leaves the rest in disarray – corresponds to the short-termist solutions the government has been forced to adopt while the fiscal reform is under discussion. Yet, at one fell swoop, Chinchilla appeared to turn the tables to her advantage in September, obtaining support for her (third) proposed fiscal reform from the opposition Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) and in so doing, triggering the split of the legislative opposition coalition that seized control of the legislative assembly (AL) from her ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) in May [RC-11-05]. The opposition hopes of striking a broad electoral agreement ahead of the 2014 general election is now all but certain to remain just that.

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