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Right-Wing Populist Laura Fernández Elected President of Costa Rica

HeadlineFeb 03, 2026

In Costa Rica, right-wing populist Laura Fernández has won the presidency after preliminary results in Sunday’s election gave her a commanding lead over her rivals. Fernández is the 39-year-old hand-picked successor of incumbent President Rodrigo Chaves. She campaigned as a tough-on-crime candidate favoring harsher criminal sentencing and mandatory prison labor for convicts. She’s proposed a massive new prison in Costa Rica modeled on CECOT, the so-called Terrorism Confinement Center built by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.

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