President
Chinchilla Pledges
Cooperation With
All Parties
President Laura
Chinchilla,
sworn in as
Costa Rica's
first female
president on
Saturday,
pledged
cooperation with
all parties and
citizens during
her inauguration
speech.
"Leadership
consists in
crafting
agreements," she
said in her
speech.
"Costa Rica is
our shared home,
and no one
should seek a
monopoly on the
truth."
Shortly before
noon on
Saturday,
outgoing
president, Oscar
Arias, handed
the presidential
sash to
Chinchilla, who
put it on and
kissed it, to
start her four
year term. Her
two vice
presidents were
sworn in minutes
before.
Chinchilla is
expected to
continue the
economic
policies of
Arias, that
includes closer
ties with the
United States
and slashing
trade barriers.
The ceremony
went off without
a hitch. The
group of
protestors who
are not in
agreement with
the Arias
policies and
wanted the new
president to
know, were kept
at bay on Paseo
Colón by policy,
across to the
other end from
the expansive La
Sabana park. |
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