SAN JOSE: Rodrigo Chaves was sworn in on Sunday (Monday in Manila) as the new president of Costa Rica for the next four years after his vice presidents Stephan Brunner and Mary Munive were also inaugurated. In his first speech as president, Chaves reproached politicians for not meeting Costa Ricans' demand for a better life, saying that had made them 'think that change and progress are not possible.' 'Prominent figures of the ruling political class, flippantly, and perhaps as an excuse for not having made the decisions that should have been made, have made us believe that Costa Rica is an ungovernable country,' he said. Chaves also criticized the state of the country's public finances, but promised that Costa Rica would meet its international obligations. After the ceremony, Chaves, who won the second round of the presidential election held on April 3, will swear in his Cabinet and announce his first presidential decrees.
