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Four presidential candidates in favor of breaking fuel monopoly

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Aside from their opinions about RECOPE's monopoly, candidates agreed on most of the other economic issues discussed at the debate.
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Citizen Action Party nominates presidential candidate for 2018

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A journalist and political scientist, Carlos Alvarado Quesada said that the struggle to keep his party in Casa Presidencial “has just began.”
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Is party allegiance dead in Costa Rica? There’s more to it than meets the eye

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"It could be that the moment arrives when having a party will be a transgressive act... but I suspect that we cannot assume that Costa Rica’s parties are extinct dinosaurs."
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Presidential nominee Antonio Álvarez Desanti to step down as legislator

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While votes are still being counted, the party has moved on.
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UPDATE: Álvarez Desanti maintains in Liberation primary; late-night vote-counting drama

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The PLN Internal Elections Tribunal's decision to suspend its count caused candidate Álvarez Desanti to express concerns about potential fraud.
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Costa Rica y el ‘efecto Trump’ – sin protocolo de emergencia

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"El problema es que varios políticos de Costa Rica (y quizás de otros países) vieron que esa fórmula funciona. Ya está probada."
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