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Arias Remains
Above 50% Mark in Costa Rica
Óscar Arias Sánchez maintains a positive
approval rating in Costa Rica, according to
a poll by CID-Gallup. 53 per cent of
respondents rate their president’s
performance as good or very good, down seven
points since October 2007.
Arias won the February 2006 presidential
election with 40.92 per cent of all cast
ballots as the candidate for the National
Liberation Party (PLN).
Arias had headed the government from 1986 to
1990, and was able to run again after the
Costa Rican Legislative Assembly opted to
bring back presidential re-election in 2003.
He was sworn in for the second time in May
2006.
On Apr. 14, Arias discussed the upcoming
Summit of the Americas, saying, "We know
that assistance to Latin America will be
small, but a very noble way in which the
United States can help (...) is to stop the
sale of weapons to Latin American countries.
Every time a country spends on weapons, it
means one fewer hospital can be built."
Polling Data
How would you rate the performance of Óscar
Arias Sánchez as president?
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Apr. 2009
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Oct. 2007
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Very good / Good |
53% |
60% |
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Average |
19% |
14% |
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Poor / Very poor |
18% |
16% |
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Not sure |
10% |
10% |
Source: CID-Gallup
Methodology: Interviews with 1,188 Costa
Rican adults, conducted from Mar. 27 to Apr.
6, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
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