DR-CAFTA Delayed… Again

Political gamesmanship has already got underway in Costa Rica ahead of the presidential election in 2010. The leader of the main opposition Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), Ottón Solís, who narrowly lost out to president and Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) leader Oscar Arias in the 2006 vote, launched a strong political offensive against the government in October. Solís has seized upon the recent troubles facing the economy, most notably multi-year high inflation and congressional concerns over the reforms required to pass DR-CAFTA. While it is too early to pick a favourite for the contest, we do caution that a sharp economic

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