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Weekly Report - 10 May 2018 (WR-18-18)

COSTA RICA: Alvarado takes office

Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the ruling centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), a former minister of labour (2016-2017) and human development & social well-being (2014-2016), took over this week as Costa Rica’s new president. With the electoral process having exposed a highly polarised country (and political class), Alvarado’s initial gestures – in particular his choice of cabinet – have sent out a clear message of reconciliation. That this is necessary is suggested by the fact that the PAC has just 10 seats in the new 57-member unicameral legislature.

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