Costa Rica elected its first female president, as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.
“I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica,” Laura Chinchilla said Sunday to flag-waving supporters in the capital, San Jose. “My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.”
Second-place candidate Otton Solis of the Citizen’s Action Party had conceded defeat earlier in the evening, as the PLN — the Spanish acronym for the National Liberation Party party — forged its way to a nearly 2-to-1 lead.
Polls showed Chinchilla garnering 46.8 percent of the vote, with 84 percent of election sites reporting. Solis had 25.1 percent, while Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement had 20.9 percent.
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