The Christian Science Monitor writes that the election of Laura Chinchilla, the newly elected president of Costa Rica, reflects the increasing likelihood of women's chances in Latin American politics.
In Brazil, Dilma Rousseff of the Worker's Party -- she's now chief of staff to president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- is running against another female candidate, Marina Silva.
The article also points out that in the last four years, two women in South America have been president: Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Cristina Elizabet Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina.
The representation of women in Latin American legislatures increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2008.
In other Chinchilla news, the World Jewish Congress reports that Chinchilla's vice president will be Luis Liberman Ginsberg, a Jewish former banker whose parents immigrated to Costa Rica from Poland.
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Source and Photo: CSM
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