REACTION: Laura Fernández Wins Big in Costa Rica
The right-wing, tough-on-crime president-elect will have a legislative majority and promises “deep and irreversible” change.
Costa Ricans voted for president as well as all 57 seats in the legislature on February 1. Laura Fernández, the protégé and former chief of staff of outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, earned about 48% of the vote for the president, preventing a runoff. Fernández’s victory in a crowded field was convincing; her closest rivals garnered around 33% and 5% of the vote, respectively. Her party, Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), secured a majority of 31 seats in the legislature, which will allow it to pass a range of laws unilaterally but is not enough to reform the...
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