(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Comparing to last year, more people in Costa Rica are satisfied with the government of Óscar Arias, according to a poll by Demoscopia published in Al Día. 44 per cent of respondents think the president has done a good or very good job in leading the country, up 5.4 points since July 2007.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Comparing to last year, more people in Costa Rica are satisfied with the government of Óscar Arias, according to a poll by Demoscopia published in Al Día. 44 per cent of respondents think the president has done a good or very good job in leading the country, up 5.4 points since July 2007.
Arias—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. In 2007, Costa Rican voters ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in a nationwide referendum.
On Apr. 3, Arias said Costa Rica might face a higher inflation rate than the national bank’s target by the end of this year due to an increase in food and oil prices worldwide, declaring, "It will be difficult for us to have an inflation rate of eight or nine per cent as we had planned in the monetary program."
Polling Data
How would you rate Óscar Arias Sánchez’s performance as president?
|
Apr. 2008 |
Jul. 2007 |
Feb. 2007 |
|
|
Good / Very Good |
44.0% |
38.6% |
38.5% |
|
Average |
42.0% |
46.4% |
47.3% |
|
Bad / Very Bad |
13.0% |
14.4% |
11.4% |
Source: Demoscopia / Al Día
Methodology: Interviews to 1,202 Costa Rican adults, conducted from Apr. 3 to Apr. 17, 2008. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.
