US EditionRight-wing Laura Fernandez wins Costa Rica presidential race
Fernández, favored successor of Rodrigo Chaves, won nearly 49% of votes, with her party projected to secure 30 of 57 congressional seats amid rising crime concerns.
- With more than 80% of stations counted, Laura Fernández, conservative populist and PPSO presidential candidate, secured 48.94%, surpassing the 40% threshold to avoid a runoff in Costa Rica.
- Handpicked by President Rodrigo Chaves, Laura Fernández ran on continuing his tough-on-crime policies amid a recent surge in violence that tops voter concerns this year.
- Preliminary tallies show the Sovereign People's Party is projected to win a 30-seat majority in the 57-seat National Assembly, with only Fernández and Ramos crossing 5% among twenty contenders.
- Ramos said he would lead a constructive opposition, but the Sovereign People's Party may fall short of a supermajority to appoint magistrates.
- Looking beyond immediate outcomes, observers link Fernández's win to a regional shift toward right-wing, security-focused leaders, testing Costa Rica's institutions and social pact later this year.
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Fernández Wins Costa Rica's Presidency in First-Round Landslide, Cementing Latin America's Rightward Shift
KEY POINTS Laura Fernández, 39, won with roughly 48.5% of the vote in a 20-candidate field, avoiding a runoff and handing her Sovereign People’s Party an absolute majority of 31 out of 57 legislative seats. The election was dominated by an unprecedented security crisis: homicides surged 38% in 2023 to an all-time record, criminal organizations […]
Costa Rica Enters “New Political Era” as Laura Fernandez Claims Presidency
On February 2nd, right-wing candidate Laura Fernandez declared victory in Costa Rica’s presidential election after preliminary results gave her a commanding lead and her closest challenger conceded defeat. The move came after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared that votes tallied from 81% of polling stations showed the candidate of the Sovereign People’s Party winning 48.9% of the vote. In her victory speech, Fernandez promised “deep and irr…
The ruling Sovereign People's Party achieves an absolute majority in Costa Rica's legislatures
San José., Right-wing Laura Fernández Delgado, who promised a hard hand to confront the advance of drug trafficking, proclaimed herself last night “president-elect” after imposing herself in the Costa Rican elections, with 48.94 percent of the votes, after counting more than 80 percent of the polling stations, according to the Supreme Electoral Court.
Laura Fernandez, conservative candidate, was elected president of Costa Rica on Sunday, promising to fight firmly against drug trafficking. ...
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