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
United World College of Costa Rica United World College of Costa Rica The United World College Costa Rica (UWC Costa Rica, also known by its acronym UWCCR) ("Spanish" - Colegio del Mundo Unido Costa Rica), located in the Santa Ana suburb of San José, is the 11th college in the UWC movement and the first to offer instruction in both English and Spanish. The College, formerly the ""Colegio Internacional SOS Hermann Gmeiner"," opened in August 2006 and graduated its first UWC-admitted applicants in 2008. As of 2016, it contains 172 international students from more than 70 different countries. Students throughout the UWC movement are selected based