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 and the World Bank a slow down in economic expansion, little job opportunities and lack of resources, especially in rural areas. Despite these challenges Costa Rica has been working with the World Bank to further move Costa Rica up the global ranks. Costa Rica has remained a strong and stable country within its region. Costa Rica has become one of the more wealthy countries in the region overall, being an upper middle income country with GDP per capita being US $13,876. Costa Rica differentiates from its neighbors by being relatively stable politically, providing high standards of living and affective social benefit systems. The countries