Less than a week after his presidential campaign concluded, José María Villalta gave a wide-ranging postmortem interview with the daily La Nación on the election, the upcoming…
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Center-left presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solís will battle ruling party candidate Johnny Araya in a runoff on April 6 after Solís shocked many in this small Central…
Polls in Costa Rica closed at 6 p.m. after a festive day of voting across the country. More than 3 million Ticos – including 12,600 Costa Rican…
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The Tico Times will provide graphical election results by province and municipality after the first results come in at 8 p.m. Some important times to remember during…
CAÑAS, Guanacaste – In the strong wind and baking Guanacaste sun, voters in this northwestern province headed to the polls peacefully Sunday morning, but expressed doubt that…
While a few political flags waved in the streets Saturday night, Costa Ricans quietly readied themselves for the end of a hard-fought electoral campaign and a Sunday…
The daily La Nación reported today that a special police security detail was assigned to Broad Front Party presidential candidate José María Villalta last Thursday after the…
With all due respect to Agence France Presse, the left-right polarization in Costa Rica isn’t altogether unprecedented. In 1948, Communist Party leader Manuel Mora was the head…
