US EditionCosta Ricans vote as right-wing populists aim to extend mandate
Laura Fernández leads polls with 44% support, aiming to continue Rodrigo Chaves’s tough crime policies amid a 50% rise in homicides over six years, polls show.
- On Feb 1, Costa Ricans vote as Laura Fernández, leading over 40%, aims to extend her mandate and avoid an April 5 runoff, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The security crisis has become central, pushing support toward candidates promising tougher measures amid Costa Rica's surge in drug-related violence linked to drug cartels and armed gangs.
- Twenty contenders are on the ballot, but only Fernández consistently polls in double digits; she has urged voters to give her 40 seats in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly to enable constitutional reforms.
- Winning a parliamentary supermajority would let her party pick Supreme Court magistrates and pursue judicial reforms, while a Fernández victory would consolidate Chaves's program and confirm a rightward trend in Latin America.
- Critics compare Fernández and Chaves to Bukele and Trump, raising concerns about human rights and institutional checks amid Fernández's prison plans and Chaves's 58% approval, according to CIEP polling.
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The presidential candidates began this Sunday, very early, the election day with calls for Costa Ricans to go out to vote.In their first public statements, the candidates stressed the importance of citizen participation and appealed to the support of the undecided.Laura Fernández already exercised the vote: ‘Go out to vote tempranito’Under a fog-covered sky, the official candidate Laura Fernández of the Sovereign People's Party (PPSO) exercised …
Costa Ricans vote as right-wing populists aim to extend mandate
Costa Ricans will vote in a general election on Sunday as the right-wing populist government seeks to extend its mandate and secure control of Congress at a time when drug-fueled violence has gripped the country.
Costa Ricans elect their next president on Sunday, February 1, in elections in which 20 options are presented to the Executive. At the same time, the elections are held to elect the 57 representatives of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. Around 3.7 million citizens are called to the polls to elect president and deputies for four years in this country recognized for their stability and social well-being, but where in recent years drug traff…
By Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español. As happened in other countries in the region last year, Costa Rica will go to the polls this Sunday to elect the president, two vice presidents, and the 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly. There is growing concern about security, which, according to polls, is the top priority for voters when deciding which candidate to support. Other new issues will also mobilize Costa Ricans: the decline of public educat…
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