José María Figueres Olsen

Costa Rican president-elect Rodrigo Chaves met Tuesday with his ballot rival, Jose Maria Figueres, to discuss a cooperation agreement and take ideas for his...

Costa Rica elects its next president on Sunday in a ballot between conservative Rodrigo Chaves, a former minister sanctioned for sexual harassment, and centrist...

Costa Rica's runoff candidates, conservative Rodrigo Chaves and liberal Jose Maria Figueres, hurled strong accusations at each other during the first of five debates...

A poll has been taken by the University Of Costa Rica’s CIEP has produced some results that has take many election watchers by surprise. In...

Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres has earned a nomination for the February 2022 general elections

"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."

While votes are still being counted, the party has moved on.

The PLN Internal Elections Tribunal's decision to suspend its count caused candidate Álvarez Desanti to express concerns about potential fraud.

Four candidates will seek the nomination for the social democratic party, which has elected seven Costa Rica presidents since its founding in 1951.

It's popular to call for "new faces" in politics, but true political renewal more complex than such pleas would suggest.