Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential race, with early results also pointing to ...

Preliminary and partial results put the Costa Rican president’s handpicked successor well ahead in a crowded field after ...

By Alvaro Murillo and Alexander Villegas SAN JOSE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Laura Fernandez will be Costa Rica's next president, ...

Laura Fernandez of the governing PPSO party leads presidential race with 53.01 percent of the vote, early results show.

Laura Fernandez, President Chaves’s protege and ex-chief of staff, is frontrunner and could avoid April 5 run-off.

Laura Fernández’s victory was driven by a crisis in which Costa Rica’s reputation for peace has been tarred by record-breaking violence.

By Alexander Villegas and Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Right-wing populist Laura Fernandez won a commanding ...

Costa Ricans are voting for president amid soaring drug violence that has shocked a country historically known as a peaceful ...

Conservative frontrunner Laura Fernandez heads into Costa Rica’s election vote count seeking a first-round victory as polls ...

With 81% of ballots tallied, Fernandez had received 49% of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff and trouncing 19 other ...

President Rodrigo Chaves’s handpicked successor has vowed to extend his agenda, which has sought to weaken democratic institutions and crack down on rising violence.

La conservadora Laura Fernández encabeza el conteo preliminar en los comicios de Costa Rica con el 50,8% de los votos.