Winning candidate Carlos Alvarado smiles after casting his vote in the presidential election Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica's centre-left ... Carlos Alvarado in a second round vote.

won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president. Chinchilla, formerly Arias' vice president, has vowed to continue his pro-business ...

Polls conducted ahead of the second round of voting on ... was also seen as a steady hand by Costa Rica's business sector. His vice-president elect, Epsy Campbell, said they would go to work ...