Costa Ricans elected Laura Fernández, a former government minister who promises to crack down on crime, as president of the Central American country, making her the latest right-wing candidate in ...

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 Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and David Bolaños The reporters ...

Voters to choose president and 57 members of congress, with current president’s hardline pick Laura Fernández expected to win first round Costa Rica heads to the polls on Sunday in an election ...

Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.

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. President Rodrigo Chaves’s ...

Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential race, with early results also pointing to her ruling party securing a majority in an election overshadowed by crime ...

The European Council President, Antonio Costa, was present when India and the EU signed the “mother of all deals”, a trade agreement, on Tuesday in New Delhi. He has been to India before as the ...

As India and the European Union announce their free trade agreement (FTA), European Council President Antonio Costa remembered his Indian roots, showing his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card, ...

Fernandez leads with 48.51% of votes, Ramos follows with 33.32% Fernandez's party projected to gain majority in Congress Concerns over rising crime influence voter sentiment SAN JOSE, Feb 1 (Reuters) ...

Defense attorney William Gavras on Friday told the court that prosecutors appear to rely on allegations that his client, former Office of Civil Defense planner Leo Rustum J. Espia, falsified or ...

Rightwing populist elected in landslide after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to cocaine trade The rightwing populist Laura Fernández has won Costa Rica’s presidential election in a ...