Costa Ricans go to the polls to elect a president and legislature today. While there are over thirty presidential candidates, it seems to be a fight between the National Liberation Party's Oscar Arias (a former President who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending several civil wars in South America) and the Citizen's Action Party's Otton Solis. Interestingly, a Libertarian candidate is coming third. The Central American Free Trade Agreement is a key issue in the campaign, with Arias supporting and Solis opposing it. Currently, it looks as if Arias will win a first round victory and avoid a run-off election.
(More information on Costa Rica's politics and the elections can be found here and here)
Haiti is also going to the polls tomorrow, and then after that its Peru in April. The latter will be "interesting", to say the least...
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