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Weekly Report - 08 October 2009 (WR-09-40)
COSTA RICA: Court delivers historic verdict against ex president
A San José court this week sentenced former president Rafael Angel
Calderón Fournier (1990-4) to five years in prison for embezzlement. It is the
first time an ex president has been imprisoned for corruption in Costa Rica, and
the verdict was hailed by civil society groups, the media and politicians alike
as a major step forward in the battle against impunity. It also puts paid to
Calderón's bid for the presidency on the ticket of the Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (Pusc), in elections on 7 February next year.
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