The Republic of Costa Rica under President Figueres (May 1994 to April 1998)

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Defending the State, Empowering the People
An interview with Ottón Solís, from Multinational Monitor, 9 January 1998. Ottón Solís is a member of the Costa Rican National Assembly and an adviser to President José Figueres. Formerly minister of economic planning in the government of President Oscar Arias, he subsequently served as president of the Economic and Social Council of the OAS. Structural adjustment in Costa Rica.
Costa Ricans elect new president
Weekly News Update on the Americas, 9 February 1998. Wealthy businessperson and economist Miguel Angel Rodriguez of the opposition Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) won Costa Rica's Feb. 1 presidential elections with 46.88% of the vote.