Central America (EN)/Politics
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
02/03/2026
Costa Rican voters gave a second term to the political project of President Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election outright with a bruising margin of votes, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador.
Yuliana Ramazzini