New Costa Rica president vows to tackle sex abuse as feminists protest

Rodrigo Chaves begins a four-year term as Costa Rica's president, taking office with a lengthy list of reproaches for his predecessor and the country's political class while promising great change

Chaves takes over an economy in decline, with rising foreign debt –– about 70 percent of GDP –– a poverty rate of 23 percent, unemployment of nearly 14 percent, and public sector corruption.

"We will not tolerate the harassment they suffer every day and in all areas of society," he told congress after being sworn in to lead one of Latin America's most stable democracies. "We are telling the country and the president-elect that we are here. That we will be vigilant," Sharo Rosales of the Women in Action movement told local media.

The economist, who served six months as finance minister in the outgoing government, won a runoff election over former president Jose Maria Figueres -- himself tainted by a corruption scandal.

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