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
Costa Rica–Nicaragua border Costa Rica–Nicaragua border The Costa Rica–Nicaragua border is the line of 309 km long, east-west direction, separating the north of Costa Rica's territory of Nicaragua, extending between the Caribbean Sea (E) and the Pacific Ocean (W) coasts. It passes almost directly on Lake Nicaragua and the River San Juan. The border separates, from east to west: These two nations have integrated the United Provinces of Central America from 1826 until 1838, when this Federation was broken. From there, the two nations gained independence, coming into existence this border. In 2010 the Costa Rican Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Roverssi, complained that