Ex-Leader of Costa Rica Becomes Head of OAS
From Times Wire Reports
Former Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez took office as head of the 35-nation Organization of American States, declaring that the foremost challenge facing the Americas is to fight pervasive poverty.
Rodriguez assumed his new duties at a ceremony in Washington.
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