Costa Rica's president says no plans for corruption probe


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Jun 2014

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis poses before an interview in New York June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Costa Rica's new president, Luis Guillermo Solis, who won a landslide victory in April after campaigning against poverty and corruption, said in an interview on Friday there are no plans to open a formal investigation into his predecessor's tenure.

Instead, Solis said he will tell the nation what he has discovered about the government's operations during his first 100 days in office. He took office on May 8.

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