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Female leaders are few and far between. Of the 195 countries in the world, only 13 currently have female leadership. That's a whopping 6.66%. Ummm...purely coincidental I'm sure. Anyways the point is, for some reason women tend to lean in the direction of community rather than power like men. Little known fact: to date there has never been a woman dictator. (some might argue Cleopatra)

The overall feeling throughout Costa Rican since Chinchilla being elected is one of cautious belief. They've heard all the rhetoric before but one drastic difference is, they can not ignore the fact that this time their country is being led by a woman and everyone knows, "Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus".

President Chinchilla has shown how firm she can be when she vetoed the salary increase by the unicameral congress that would have risen to about $8,400 a month under a bill given preliminary approval. The 60% pay raise for the Costa Rica congress members went over like a lead balloon and Chinchilla quickly put an end to the fiasco with her veto.

Chinchilla also vowed to implement a 5% tax on online gambling and casinos in hopes of offsetting the GDP by 1%. This has been tried before and failed. Will Chinchilla succeed? Time will tell.

President Chinchilla continues with her campaign promise to increase funding towards crime in Costa Rica however in order to do so, she must find other sources of revenue to support this. IE: 5% gambling tax

Her first day in office, May 8, 2010, Chinchilla created the National Anti-Drug Commission to combat drug trafficking and reduce the overall consumption of illegal substances in Costa Rica.

One battle long fought throughout Latin America is the plight of the gay and lesbian community who are looking for fair and equal treatment and rights alongside the majority, "straight" or heterosexual community. With a primary focus on gay marriages, it would appear that they've suffered a blow when Chinchilla was elected for she has expressed openly, her standpoint on the subject: OPPOSED!

This standpoint is equally shared in regards to abortion.

Remember, President Chinchilla ran on the slogan “Laura: Firme y Honesta”. She's certainly living up to that slogan.

Article by author Don G. Halbert, Costa Rica SEO and Marketing Guru