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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Alvaro Murillo and Diego Oré

Combative economist and former president face off in Costa Rica election

FILE PHOTO: Costa Rica's presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party (PSL) is greeted by a supporter as he arrives for his closing campaign rally ahead of the April 3 presidential election runoff, in San Jose, Costa Rica March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez/File Photo

Costa Ricans vote on Sunday for a new president in what looks primed to be a close contest between a former leader promising continuity and a pugnacious economist who could pull the country down an anti-establishment path.

Former World Bank official Rodrigo Chaves has shaken up the race in one of Latin America's most politically stable countries after confounding expectations to place runner-up in a first round of voting in February.

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