https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km0LqVrJX14 Editor's note: In response to this Op-Ed piece, Costa Rican lawmaker-elect Antonio Álvarez Desanti has submitted a right of reply. Read that here. Just when one…
After National Liberation Party candidate Johnny Araya announced he was no longer campaigning for president in a second-round vote, many journalists and politicians questioned why a runoff…
Five days after being elected the presidential candidate of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN), then-San José Mayor Johnny Araya flew to Panama in a private jet…
A sea of happy people draped in flags of all sizes waited for the candidate, chanting the mantra that became a campaign slogan: “Con Costa Rica no…
Costa Rica’s second-ever presidential runoff campaign came to an end Sunday evening, but only one party created much fanfare about the deadline. Front-runner Luis Guillermo Solís of…
A month is an eternity in politics. Today it is difficult to remember when Johnny Araya was actually campaigning to be president. It is even more difficult…
It looks like political junkies are going to get their last big fix before Costa Rica’s historic presidential runoff election on April 6. The National Liberation Party…
The slow but steady drumbeat for Luis Guillermo Solís to announce his Cabinet is quickening as we near the April 6 presidential runoff election. With Johnny Araya’s…
The ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) is facing allegations of vote-buying leading up to the Feb. 2 first-round election, Radio Monumental reported on Wednesday. Monumental reported that…
Following the suspension of presidential candidate Johnny Araya’s campaign, the National Liberation Party has wasted little time in interring his name with his bones. The new social…
