Personas en un centro de votación durante las elecciones generales de Costa Rica, en Tierra Blanca, Cartago, Costa Rica. Personas emitiendo su voto en las elecciones presidenciales. Unos 3,7 millones ...

Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential race, with early results also pointing to her ruling party securing a majority in an election overshadowed by crime ...

Voters to choose president and 57 members of congress, with current president’s hardline pick Laura Fernández expected to win first round Costa Rica heads to the polls on Sunday in an election ...

Laura Fernández’s victory was driven by a crisis in which Costa Rica’s reputation for peace has been tarred by record-breaking violence. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and David Bolaños The reporters ...

The ruling party of Costa Rica is hoping to extend its control of the presidency for another four years in the country’s upcoming election, as voters express apathy about their options and opposition ...

President Rodrigo Chaves’s handpicked successor has vowed to extend his agenda, which has sought to weaken democratic institutions and crack down on rising violence. President Rodrigo Chaves’s ...

Laura Fernández será la próxima presidenta de Costa Rica gracias a un triunfo contundente en primera vuelta, incluso mayor de lo que anticipaban la encuestas, que le otorgaban algo más del 40% de ...

Costa Ricans elected Laura Fernández, a former government minister who promises to crack down on crime, as president of the Central American country, making her the latest right-wing candidate in ...

Laura Fernández, la candidata del oficialista PPSO, lidera las encuestas con el 40% de intención de voto, que la colocan 30 puntos arriba de sus contrincantes. Le sigue el candidato Álvaro Ramos del ...

According to data released this week by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), the country recorded a -2.53% year-over-year inflation rate in... Lawmakers from multiple parties have ...

Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.

Fernandez leads with 48.51% of votes, Ramos follows with 33.32% Fernandez's party projected to gain majority in Congress Concerns over rising crime influence voter sentiment SAN JOSE, Feb 1 (Reuters) ...