Politics of Costa Rica approved in 1969 limits presidents and deputies to one term, although a deputy may run again for an Assembly seat after sitting out a term. The prohibition was officially recognized as unconstitutional in April 2004, allowing Óscar Arias to run for President a second time in the 2006 Costa Rican presidential elections, which he won with approximately a 1% margin. The President of Costa Rica has limited powers, particularly in comparison to other Latin American Presidents. For example, he cannot veto the legislative budget, and thus Congress is sovereign over the year's single most important piece of legislation. On the
The Costa Rica Star Hitchens, who died on December 15, 2011. The website's Facebook Timeline had more than 50,000 followers as of August 2014 Many of the articles published by "The Costa Rica Star" are based on news stories found on Spanish-language media websites of Costa Rica such as "Costa Rica Hoy" and "La Nacion". The authors add context deemed useful to expatriate readers and foreigners and constantly links to original sources (Wikipedia seems to be a favorite source for fact checking). "The Costa Rica Star" invites contributions from citizen journalists and has a signup page for this purpose. On May 13, 2012, "The