The sun was bright and the streets were eerily quiet on election morning in downtown San José. As the day went on though, motorists filled the air with obnoxious honking, and many displayed flags supporting their chosen candidates.
President Laura Chinchilla Miranda cast her vote Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Joaquín García Monge school in the canton of Desamparados, south of the capital.
On Feb. 2, Costa Ricans will head to the polls to elect a new president and members of the Legislative Assembly. Though non-citizens can't vote, Election Day is still an exciting civic event for anyone in the country. Here are a few facts you should know.
Political campaign messages disappeared from mass media at midnight Wednesday, the official start of an electoral campaign ban ordered by Costa Rica’s Electoral Code. The ban includes airing or printing of paid propaganda in newspapers, radio, television and on the Web.
The leader of the Organization of American States election monitoring delegation outlined its mission for Sunday and celebrated the “strength” of Costa Rica’s electoral authority, the Supreme Elections Tribunal .
The Tico Times released Wednesday night -- right before election campaigns closed -- the most scientific poll of the 2014 campaign season. Our model concludes that National Liberation Party candidate Johnny Araya and Broad Front Party candidate José María Villalta will head to a runoff after this Sunday's election.
A special Coast Guard mission will give officials in Costa Rica's most remote territory a chance to vote Election Day. Cocos Island -- located more than 30 hours by boat off the Pacific coast -- has 28 Environment Ministry officials living on and monitoring the protected, uninhabited island.
