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Costa Rican Women by Occupation: Costa Rican Female Models, Costa Rican Women in Politics, Costa Rican Women Writers, Laura Chinchilla
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-06-09.
ISBN 9781157809661
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Costa Rican Female Models, Costa Rican Women in Politics, Costa Rican Women Writers, Laura Chinchilla, Epsy Campbell Barr, Carmen Lyra, Pacífica Fernández, Bali Rodriguez, Carmen Naranjo, Leonora Jiménez, Tatiana Lobo, Wendy Cordero, María Elena Carballo. Excerpt: Laura Chinchilla Miranda (born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican politician and the first female President of Costa Rica. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the governing PLN candidate for President in the 2010 general election, where she won with 46.76% of the vote. She is the sixth woman to be elected president of a Latin American country. She was sworn as president of Costa Rica on May 8, 2010. Chinchilla was born in Carmen Central, San José in 1959. Her father was Rafael Ángel Chinchilla Fallas (a former comptroller of Costa Rica) and her mother was Emilce Miranda Castillo. She married Mario Alberto Madrigal Díaz on 23 January 1982 and divorced on 22 May 1985. She had a son in 1996 with José María Rico Cueto, a Spanish lawyer who also holds Canadian citizenship; Chinchilla married him on 26 March 2000. Chinchilla graduated from the University of Costa Rica and received her masters degree in public policy from Georgetown University. Prior to entering politics, Chinchilla worked as an NGO consultant in Latin America and Africa, specializing in judicial reform and public security issues. She went on to serve in the José María Figueres Olsen administration as vice-minister for public security (19941996) and minister of public security (19961998). From 2002 to 2006, she served in the National Assembly as a deputy for the province of San José. Chinchilla was one of two vice-presidents elected under the second... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18693354
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