By Huge Margin, Ticos Pick Carlos Alvarado in Costa Rica’s Second Round Presidential Election

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On April 1, 2018, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, a former minister of Costa Rica’s current left-of-center government, won his nation’s presidency with 60.7% of the vote, over Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, an evangelical preacher, former member of Congress, and strident opponent of LGBTQ rights, who got 39% of the vote. Carlos Alvarado’s victory defied the polls and upended the media narrative about a contest too close to call. Pundits, editorialists, and political analysts stepped forward to sort it out.

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