Biography of Laura Chinchilla Costa Rica 2010 Presidential Campaign
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Biography of Laura Chinchilla Miranda
Laura Chinchilla Miranda, current presidential candidate of the Partido Liberación Nacional of Costa Rica for the general elections of 2010. Laura Chinchilla was born on March 28, 1959 in San Jose, Costa Rica, the daughter of Rafael Angel Chinchilla Fallas, Comptroller General of the Republic during two administrations (1972-1987) and Emilce Miranda Castillo. Since 2000 she has been married to Jose Maria Rico Cueto and they have a son, José María Rico Chinchilla.
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First Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica and Minister of Justice in the administration of Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006-2010). Although she left office on October 8, 2008, to pursue further her political career and created the Laura Chinchilla campaign for the presidency of Costa Rica with the Partido Liberación Nacional.
Since 1990 she has worked as a consultant in Latin America and Africa for various international agencies in the area of institutional reform, with special emphasis on judicial reform and public security reform. Some consultancy led her to conduct assessments of the justice sector for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the coordination of studies and projects on judicial reform for the United Nations Program for Development ( UNDP) and assessments and advice on police reform to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Laura Chinchilla has been a speaker at various international forums on matters of public security and police reform. She has served on various reform initiatives that promote citizen security and human rights throughout Latin America, such as the Project Advisory Committee of Civil Society and Public Safety for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Central American Dialogue Foundation Arias for Peace and Human Progress, and the Foundation for Peace and Democracy (FUNPADEM). During this period Laura Chinchilla has published in both Spanish and English – books, monographs and articles on subjects relating to the administration of justice, public security and police reform. Career highlights of Laura include working in the public sector management as Deputy Minister of Public Security (1994 – 1996) and Minister of Public Safety (1996 to 1998). She was also Chairman of the Joint Drug Intelligence Center, Chair of the National Immigration Council, member of the National Drug Council, National Security Council and the Academic Council of the National Police Academy.
In the Costa Rica Legislature, she has worked in areas of judicial reform, public safety (police, drug trafficking, organized crime, etc..) Political and institutional reform (reform of the state and electoral reform), trade, technology, and children and youth programs.
Laura Chinchilla Biography during the last administration
After a bitter campaign, Laura Chinchilla managed to become vice president with the Partido Liberación Nacional and Oscar Arias Sanchez as the presidential candidate. She and Kevin Casas Zamora remained as first and second vice presidents respectively, and the cabinet was led by Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez in the post of Minister of Justice. The Second Vice President Kevin Casas Zamora resigned on September 22, 2007 because of ethical questions. Laura Chinchilla campaign for Costa Rica president was born on October 8, 2008 driven by a citizen initiative that has pushed her to becoming the first female president of Costa Rica.
Laura Chinchilla Campaign
On Saturday, 10 October 2008, and after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal formally withdrew her credentials as Vice-President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla announced to the media of her legitimate desire to run for the presidency of Costa Rica, and for her pre-candidacy Partido Liberación Naciona which needed to still vote for a leader of their ticket.
Voting for the ticket in the Partido Liberación Naciona was held on 7 June 2009, and declared Laura a winner by a margin greater than 15%, and was chosen by the Partido Liberación Naciona of Costa Rica to be the official candidate for presidency in 2010.
Laura Chinchilla’s campaigns main rival is Otto Guevara the candidate running on the ticket for Partido Movimiento Libertario. During the past year her rivals have personally attacked Laura with innuendos of poor character and as being a puppet for the President of the Republic Oscar Arias Sanchez and the PLN. According to recent surveys, 45% of voters for Laura Chinchilla has kept her in the lead followed by the candidate Guevara, who has experienced a surge in support from the electorate in the remaining months running up to the Feb. 7th elections. There is a third candidate Otton Solis who mostly dilutes the voter pool for Laura since she needs to win a clear 40% of the vote in order to win the elections. If it is less, even though she won amongst the other candidates, there will be a run off elections to determine the winner.
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I find it very strange that I can find very little about this woman before 1994….Where was she educated,her childhood and most important her link to the USA…Normally when a Latin American politician declares war on the drug trade they become the target of violence… My guess is that she has extreme security or has in some way “paid off”the drug lords…She will not be allowed to stand in the way of US drug consumption and importation….PS most of the drugs that enter the USA are a result of payoffs to law enforcement personal to look the other way.Look the other way and no violence and people get rich.
Just investigate more.. i found a lot of info! she has quite a trayesctory plus a very solid education….
She got her MA from Georgetown University. I also found a lot of information about her, but she hasn’t been in politics for that long — at least compared to most US politicians.
Gary, I also found substantial background information on her education, family and employment. “Prior to entering politics, Chinchilla worked as an NGO consultant in Latin America and Africa, specializing in judicial reform and public security issues.” I would never attempt to compare her credentials to US Politicians because there simply is no comparison! Costa Rica is an entirely different culture with many other political requirements that would allow one to suitably sit in the seat as President. If anything, their pursuit for education is unwavering!
In Costa Rica, there is less bigotry, a higher command for the continuance of life-long education from early ages on. Whereas in America, I see kids ending their educational opportunities as early as ages 15 due to violence and other social adversities that make them less inclined to pursue a higher education. Costa Ricans take their education very seriously and are proud of their accomplishments, but not too proud to cease their opportunities when it comes to furthering their education.
As for any ‘payoffs’, that is yet to be seen, but coming from a Costa Rican family with historic ties to both medical and government officials, I highly doubt there would be any truth to your notion of Laura Chinchilla paying someone off to meet her electoral needs.
I just love (not really) it when Americans try to rip into the lives of people they do not know, especially when they have NOT done all of their legwork and then suggest the potentiality of criminalistic behaviors, as in “payoffs to law enforcement”, or even question their educational background.
Again…there is a lot of information out there. You just need to do more research before making such a hideous speculation. Like others, if you do enough research, you’ll find that Laura Chinchilla is an open book w/a very strong and supportive force behind her. Her fight against drug consumption and importation to Costa Rica is strongly supported by the natives of Costa Rica and not merely aimed at the US, but other Central American neighboring countries as well.
If becoming the target of violence for fighting against what one believes is best for their country, is your ultimate speculation, then I beg to differ simply because of the force behind her. To speculate the she would ‘not be allowed to stand in the way’ is quite presumptuous on your part. She is not asking for anyone’s permission, this is her plight! That’s almost like taking a drug lord’s own stance and saying that the American government will “not be allowed to stand in the way of ‘Mexican or Columbian’ drug trafficing, consumption and importation”. I don’t see the logic to back your message.
For what it’s worth, here is a link to some of her background:
http://www.nacion.com/proa/2010/enero/31/proa2231768.html