This week, Costa Rica elected Carlos Alvarado as its 48th president in an unexpected landslide. As it has since 1958 (the first election after our founding in…

The former candidate Fabricio Alvarado (National Restoration, PRN) passed from being the revelation candidate of the campaign to become a system challenger of traditional coexistence that we as Costa Ricans could criticize, but are not willing to lose.

One treasured aspect of a Costa Rican Election Day is the access voters have to candidates and other leaders as they vote at their local polling places...…

Sunday, April 1, 2018: Today we’re all Costa Rica. Today we’re all in this together. Waking up at 4:00 a.m. is no problem for photojournalist Jonathan Jiménez…

Sunday's surprising landslide in favor of Carlos Alvarado in Costa Rica's presidential elections confounded many pollsters, a majority of whom had shown a neck-and-neck race or an…

Costa Ricans voted in droves during yesterday's presidential elections. A total of 67.03 percent of the electorate turned out to vote, the first time that turnout has…

With 90.6 percent of votes recorded at press time, Carlos Alvarado has won the presidency of Costa Rica with 60.7 percent of the vote, over 39.3 percent…

"We're not sad," Fabricio Alvarado told his supporters, gathered before a stage on Paseo Colón in western San José. "We made history." The former legislator and evangelical…

Costa Rica's Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) announced its first set of results in the country's presidential runoff, updated to 8:05 pm. 90.6 percent of reports were reported.…

Flags, honking horns, a few protests, and excitement as candidates were glimpsed at interviews or polling stations around the Central Valley have made for an unusually active…