Saint Joseph. Costa Rica voted on Sunday in a ballot to elect its next president, who will have to face the severe economic crisis that is hitting one of the most stable and “happiest” democracies in Latin America.
The list opposes the rightist Rodrigo Chaves and the centrist José María Figueres. Both assure that their axis is the economy, although the campaign had more accusations than proposals.
At press time, candidate Rodrigo Chaves was ahead of Figueres by 5.8 percentage points (52.9% vs. 47.1%), with 89% of the ballots counted.
“For me it was very important to exercise the vote, it is a civic right, no matter how difficult it was to make the decision,” said engineer Sergio Garro, 39, and one of the last to vote at the school in the center of Escazú, in the capital San Jose.
The elections took place “in peace and tranquility,” TSE spokesman Gustavo Román told the press, although during the day a citizen over 70 years of age fell out of balance after voting in the capital and died in his polling place, apparently from a heart attack.
Chaves, who carries a sanction for sexual harassment, slightly ahead of Figueres, a former president accused of corruption, in the polls.
Chaves voted mid-morning at a school in Goicoechea, in the center of the city, to cheers from supporters.
“I promise you a fair, honest and transparent government, it will be the best administration of all,” said Chaves.
For a couple of hours, Figueres voted at a school in La Lucha, on the outskirts of the capital. “Let’s go to vote with joy, respecting the preferences of each person, but reinforcing our democratic system,” he told the press.
“The next president has to change everything, because this is very poor. There is no work here, there is nothing,” said Ana Briceño, a travel agent.
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