See About archive blog posts. The tiny club of female presidents in Latin America will grow by one with the election in Costa Rica of Laura Chinchilla. She won the presidency in a landslide ...

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President Laura Chinchilla, 52, marks her first year in office on Sunday. Costa Rica’s first female president was sworn in office on May 8, 2010, a day that for some is cause for celebration. Yet for ...

“President Laura Chinchilla arrives at the Criminal Court for complaint against businessman for defamation. Her parents accompanied her.” From Radio Monumental. Former President Laura Chinchilla (2010 ...

Laura Chinchilla won a landslide victory in February 2010 to become the country's first woman to be elected president. She took up office in May 2010. President Laura Chinchilla Ms Chinchilla is a ...

Yuri Cortez / AFP-Getty Images Yuri Cortez / AFP-Getty Images The protégée of a Nobel Peace Prize–winning former president, Chinchilla was elected the first female president of Costa Rica in a ...

Sponsor Message "I do not remember in our whole history a menace [like] this menace with organized crime," says Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla. Chinchilla says Costa Rica's view of itself ...

A further slap in the face to Laura Chinchilla’s administration came this week when the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) unanimously declared the PLN-proposed tax reform bill ...

When evaluating President Laura Chinchilla’s environmental legacy it is easy to recall high-profile blunders and successes that marked her time in office. But while shark finning bans, murdered ...

The 7.6-magnitude quake was “one of the strongest earthquakes” ever to hit the Central American nation, President Laura Chinchilla said. The president praised residents’ response ...

The prediction comes from Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica and, for less than three years, member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “We’re going to Beijing with ...

Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla’s approval rating fell to an all-time low over her proposed tax increases aimed at trimming budget deficits, a poll published today showed. Only 23 percent ...