Both Solis and Guevarra portrayed Arias’ centrist National Liberation Party as stagnant and ridden with old-school Latin American cronyism

Laura Chinchilla had 47 percent of the votes after a quarter of the ballots were counted. The closest contender, Otton Solis of the Citizens Action Party, had 23 percent. He and the other main rival quickly conceded defeat. Chinchilla, a protege of the current president, Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias, campaigned on a promise to continue the government’s free market economic policies. Chinchilla, who served as vice president under Arias, needed 40 percent of […]