CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday his government was breaking diplomatic relations with Panama after the country called a meeting of North and Latin American nations over protests in Caracas.
Following the surprise suspension of his presidential campaign, it must be admitted that from the beginning Johnny Araya had unique hurdles to overcome as a National Liberation Party candidate. The early frontrunner in this campaign, he nonetheless was burdened with the history that no Costa Rican party has won the presidential election for a third consecutive term.
On Wednesday, ruling National Liberation Party presidential candidate Johnny Araya bowed out of the campaign leading up to an April 6 runoff. In so doing, he became the first presidential candidate in Costa Rica's history to make it to a second round only to end his campaign before the vote. Here's his concession speech.
At 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, the National Liberation Party's Johnny Araya made history by becoming the first presidential candidate to drop out of a presidential runoff race in Costa Rica.
Opposition presidential candidate Luis Guillermo SolÃs has a commanding lead in the polls over ruling party candidate Johnny Araya, according to the latest national poll published by the newspaper Semanario Universidad Tuesday night.
An official for the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) said Wednesday morning that Jessica Jana Johnson had reappeared Tuesday after an alert went out about the missing persons case.
The president of Costa Rica's Central Bank warned Johnny Araya’s economic team Tuesday after the National Liberation Party blamed the rival Citizen Action Party's possible victory at the polls on April 6 for recent volatility in the Costa Rican currency, the colón.
