Costa Rica elects Chinchilla first woman president.
Laura Chinchilla won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president.
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The real GDP has increased at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3% since 1991.
In the last 20 years poverty was reduced from 40% to less than 20%.
The 2008 World Bank Study for Global Governance Indicators ranks Costa Rica in the first place within Latin America for political stability.
Costa Rica has a nice weather all year round!
The average temperature in San José goes from 14 to 24°C (57 to 75°F) in December, and from 17 a 27°C (63 to 81°F) in May.