Elections in a Troubled Costa Rica

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On February 6, 2022, Costa Rica voted to choose a new president from among a confusing field of 25 candidates without any strong favorites. Two somewhat flawed contenders emerged, former President José María Figueres of the Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN), and former Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves, of the Progreso Social Democrático party (PSD). They will meet in a runoff on April 3, 2022. The winner will take charge of an economic crisis roiling what many observers consider to be one of the most stable democracies in Latin America. He will also inherent a divided Congress.

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