Costa Ricans Still
Content with Arias
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Many people
in Costa Rica remain
satisfied with the way
their president has
handled his duties,
according to a poll by
Unimer published in La
Nación.
44 per cent of
respondents rate Óscar
Arias’s performance as
good or very good, while
18 per cent deem it bad
or very bad.
Arias 0 a member of the
National Liberation
Party (PLN) - won the
February 2006
presidential election
with 40.92 per cent of
all cast ballots. Arias
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.
In 1987, Arias was
awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize for his mediation
in a peace deal that
ended years of bloodshed
in Central America. On
Aug. 9, speaking at the
ceremony commemorating
the 20th anniversary of
the Esquipulas Peace
Accords, the Costa Rican
president declared: "We
cannot continue being a
region of peace with
hunger, peace with fear,
and peace with hatred."
Arias urged all Central
American leaders to
commit to democracy,
free trade and
development.
Polling Data
How would you rate
Óscar Arias’s
performance as
president?
| |
Jul. 2007 |
Feb. 2007 |
Sept. 2006 |
|
Good / Very good |
44% |
45% |
47% |
|
Bad / Very bad |
18% |
16% |
20% |
Source: Unimer / La
Nación
Methodology: Interviews
with 1,300 Costa Rican
adults, conducted from
Jul. 18 to Jul. 26,
2007. Margin of error is
2.7 per cent. |
