La Sabana All
Dressed Up For
The Transfer of
Powers
After weeks of
preparation it
took only two
hours to
complete the
inauguration
ceremony of the
new president,
witnessed by
school children
from all seven
provinces,
hundreds of
invited guests,
heads of state
and
representatives
of 56 nations
and thousands of
citizens, in the
open-air of the
La Sabana park.
See Photo
Journal for all
the photos of
the Chinchilla
inauguration
Under the sun of
the hot Saturday
morning that
slowly turned to
threats of a
downpour (the
weather did hold
out and the
thousands of
umbrellas on
hand were used
by many to hold
off the rays of
the hot sun) the
ceremony went
off without a
hitch.
Just before
noon, Laura
Chinchilla
Miranda took her
rigthful place
as Costa Rica's
new and first
woman president,
swearing to
govern with
humility,
honesty and
firmness.
Once the
official
ceremony was
over, Chinchilla
retired to the
special room set
up behind the
stage, to swear
in her cabinet
and sign her
first
presidential
decree, as
promised,
stopping
open-pit mining
in Costa Rica. |
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