Costa Rican Populists Win Commanding Victory

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Conservative populist Laura Fernández wins Costa Rican presidency, preliminary results show
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica’s presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation’s politics started by her political sponsor, outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves.

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Costa Rican populists win commanding victory but fall short of legislative supermajority
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Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica's presidential election
Costa Rica Elects Right-Wing Candidate Amid Fears Over Crime
Laura Fernández, a candidate handpicked by the departing president as his successor, won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday after running on a tough-on-crime platform, according to a prelimi...

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Costa Rican president-elect looks to Bukele for help against crime
Candidate tough on crime wins Costa Rica presidential election
Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president
Drug trafficking by Mexican and Colombian cartels have seeped into local communities, fuelling turf wars that have caused the murder rate to jump 50 percent in the past six years, to 17 per 100,000 in...

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Fernandez overwhelmingly wins Costa Rica presidency as populist project secures new term
Polls open in Costa Rica as centre-right populists aim to extend mandate

Costa Rica: Central America’s democratic eco paradise

A favourite tourist destination, Costa Rica has recently seen its tranquillity shattered by drug trafficking. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Costa Rica's ruling party heads for victory in February elections, poll shows

By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's ruling party candidate poised to win the February 1 presidential election in the first round, with 40% voter support that could also hand her party a legislative majority for the 2026–2030 term,