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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Alvaro Murillo

Costa Rica's Chaves leads polls ahead of tight run-off election

FILE PHOTO: Rodrigo Chaves, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Progress Party (PPSD), speaks to the media during a news conference after he advanced to the second electoral round, in San Jose, Costa Rica, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez/File Photo

Rodrigo Chaves, the finance minister in Costa Rica's outgoing government, was in pole position to win a run-off for the presidency in less than two weeks time, a voter survey showed on Tuesday, though the race remained too tight to call.

Chaves, an anti-establishment technocrat who had worked for the World Bank up until 2019, scored 43.3% against 38.1 percent

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