Laura Fernandez of the governing PPSO party leads presidential race with 53.01 percent of the vote, early results show.
Right-wing candidate from the governing PPSO leads presidential race with 53.01 percent of the vote, early results show.
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The right-wing law-and-order candidate, Laura Fernandez, has taken a commanding lead in Costa Rica’s presidential election, according to early results.
With ballots from 31 percent of polling stations counted, Fernandez, of the governing Sovereign People Party (PPSO), had 53.01 percent of the vote, the results showed on Sunday.
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