The Costa Rican National Institute for Census and Statistics published Tuesday the country's new unemployment rate has reached 10.1 percent.

According to the new figures, corresponding to the first trimester of 2015, a 10.1 percent of Costa Ricans is unemployed. This represents a 0.3 percent increase in comparison with the first trimester of 2014, which stood at 9.8 percent.

The annual unemployment rate for 2014 was of 9.8 percent, and in 2013 the country registered a historic high in the last 30 years, at 10 percent.

Left-Wing Party Popularity Rises

Meanwhile the political landscape has also changed. A new survey released by CID-Gallup and Prensa Libre news site shows that the political panorama in the country is shifting.

Traditional parties which have governed the country – National Liberation Party (PLN), Social-Christian Party (PUSC) and the newly elected Citizens' Action party (PAC) – are loosing sympathizers to other parties.

Telesur