San José, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Crime concerns feed into Costa Rica presidential vote

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2026-01-26

Voters in Costa Rica go to the polls Sunday with a right-wing candidate polling as the runaway favorite with her promises to crack down on drug-related violence. Laura Fernandez, 39, is an avowed admirer of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, whose iron-fisted approach to eradicating criminal gangs she looks to as a blueprint for dealing with a surge in violence worrying people in her own country. Costa Rica, a picture-postcard Central American......

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