Chinchilla on her way to be first Costa Rican woman president

11:09, 8 February 2010

MEXICO. February 8. KAZINFORM Laura Chinchilla Miranda, a female candidate from the leftist ruling National Liberation Party, is winning Costa Rican presidential election on her way to become the first woman president of the country.

According to preliminary results, she garnered some 47% of the vote and her closest contenders left-centrist Otton Solis and conservative Otto Guevara have already acknowledged defeats congratulating the former vice president with the victory.

Laura Chinchilla, 50, is a strong supporter of the incumbent President Oscar Arias, and has vowed to continue his democratic course, focusing on solving economic problems in the country.

During her election campaign she pledged to fight poverty and ensure the protection of women's rights.

Chinchilla started her political career in 1994, when she was appointed deputy security minister and later security minister of Costa Rica. She was then the country's vice-president and justice minister, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.

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