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ELECTION 2006
Costa Rican Jewish Legislators
Elected
Two members of Costa Rica�s
small Jewish community won seats
in the country's Legislative
Assembly.
Clara Zomer and Masha Ofelia
Taitelbaum, both of the Partido
Liberacion Nacional (PLN) will
begin serving four-year terms
when the new legislature takes
office in May.
Their party will have the
largest bloc in the legislature
and both are expected to have
leadership roles within the
bloc.
The winner of the presidential
race remains undecided with
Oscar Arias, the National
Liberation candidate and 1987
Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
leading Partido Accion Cuidadana
rival Otton Solis.
Arias comes from a party that
traditionally enjoys support
from the country's Jewish
community, but has said in the
past that if elected he would
move Costa Rica's embassy out of
Jerusalem. Only Costa Rica and
El Salvador have embassies in
the city Israel claims as its
capital.
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