After being in office for only 2 months, Laura Chinchilla has received a 64% approval rating, right on par with her predecessor Oscar Arias. When she began her presidency in May she wont with 46.7% of the vote and started off with a rough first few weeks. She inherited two messes from the Arias Administration: the premature opening of the Caldera Highway out to the Pacific Coast from San Jose and the self-appointment of former Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno to the ambassadorship to the United Nations. Additionally she added some chaos of her own by backing a 72% legislative pay raise and then later announcing she would veto the wage increase. Even so she is ranked pretty average for Central America, she follows behind President Mauricio Funes (76%) and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli (66%). However she is still above The Honduran President (60%), Guatemalan President (50%) and far beyond the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (38%).
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