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Awaiting Costa Rica’s new president

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A podium on stage at the National Stadium awaits the arrival incoming president, Luis Guillermo Solís. Officials expect 22,000 people to come watch the presidential inaugeration. Follow our inaugeration coverage throughout the day.

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