Figueres Still To Confirm or Deny His 2014 Presidential Bid

Former president José María Figueres has yet to confirm - or deny - his 2014 presidential candidacy, but made it clear that the time to start the presidential rate is the middle of next year.

Returning to Costa Rica last December after a seven year absence, speculation is that he will be seeking the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN) party nomination to run for president in 2014.

If he does announce his bid he will be up against former ministro de la Presidencia Rodrigo Arias and San José Mayor, Johnny Araya, among others.

The only confirmation the former president would make is that he will be presenting his "Ruta País", a presentation that contain projects of national internet that could be implemented in the medium term.

At the time, Figueres said he would reveal the names of those commissioned to the project and will announce a "Consejo Conusltivo" (Advisory Council) that brings together people from different regions and political parties.

With respect to the PLN party politics, the former president criticized the move to hold the nomination convention in March instead of the PLN tradition of holding the convention mid year on the year before the elections.

The move was promoted by Rodrigo Arias who had called for a January convention, as party leaders settling in March when declared candidate Araya objected and held that for the traditional mid year convention.