Latin America's First Election of 2018 Was… Normal
Latin America's First Election of 2018 Was… Normal
By
Brendan O'Boyle
Costa Rica’s result may yield clues for upcoming votes in Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere.
In the first battle of Latin America’s “Year of Elections,” the center unexpectedly held.
After a campaign that was shaken first by a government corruption scandal, and then by a bitter debate over same-sex marriage and the future of the secular state itself, Costa Ricans ended up choosing a fairly ordinary, center-left ruling party candidate on Sunday as their next president.
Carlos Alvarado Quesada won by a much bigger margin than expected, 60 percent to 40 percent, over Christian singer and journalist Fabricio...
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